Behind The Lines Ep 5 - Libya and the Disordered World

Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · Sep 22, 2023 · 44m

Storm Daniel passed through the Mediterranean in early September, one of a bewildering number of extreme weather events in recent months. When it hit Libya on 10 September, torrential rainfall led to catastrophic floods in the Town of Derna. At the time of recording as many as 20,000 people are missing, feared dead. It was an example of the terrifying new reality of the climate crisis where entire cities can be wiped out by wildfires or floods, literally in a matter of hours.

But everything has a context, and the context in Derna is a city that is located in one of the most chaotic countries…