The Dam
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Originally published | September 11, 2018 |
Authors | David Almond |
Genres | Fiction |
Illustrators | Levi Pinfold |
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ID | 2207721 |
About The Dam
When a great dam was built by the Kielder Water in Northumberland, the valley below slowly filled with water. But just before this, when the villagers had been moved out, two musicians went back to the abandoned valley. . . .
Sikkim India floods: 'I was holding mum's hand but the water separated us'
... A local organisation of tribespeople has been protesting against The Dam at Chungthang for years, fearing damage to the environment in the ecologically sensitive region...
Ukraine dam: Rebuilding shattered lives after Ukraine's dam collapse
... When Svitlana Kridiner heard about The Dam collapse, she knew it was only a matter of time before her village would be flooded...
Sikkim: Race against time to save 102 missing in India floods
... Nearly 14 people got trapped in the tunnels of The Dam, a state official said...
Libya floods: A barren wasteland with a lingering smell of death
... But watching them does prepare you for the scale of The Damage the floods have done to this place...
Libya flood: Satellite images reveal destruction in Derna
... Your device may not support this visualisation Homes built in the dry riverbed on the sea side of The Dam bore the brunt of the flood as The Dams burst...
Libya floods: 5,300 dead amid calls for humanitarian support
... " Taha Muftah, a photojournalist in Derna, said experts had raised the alarm about The Dam since 2011 " but nobody did anything about it"...
Libya floods: Why damage to Derna was so catastrophic
... " The Dams would have held back the water initially, with their failure potentially releasing all the water in one go...
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Why it is worrying Egypt and Sudan
... How will The Dam help Ethiopia? Ethiopia wants The Dam to produce electricity for the who currently go without it...
Libya floods: 5,300 dead amid calls for humanitarian support
By George WrightBBC News
More than 5,300 people are believed to have died after floods in the Libyan city of Derna, an official has said.
" The Sea is constantly dumping dozens of bodies, " Hisham Chkiouat, a minister in Libya's eastern administration said.
There have been desperate calls for more humanitarian support as victims lie wrapped in Body Bags and others have been buried in mass graves.
A tsunami-like river of floodwater swept through Derna on Sunday after a dam burst during Storm Daniel.
Rescue teams are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in The Hope of finding Survivors - But hope is waning and the Death Toll is still expected to rise further.
Officials say at least 10,000 people are missing, while 30,000 people are estimated to have been displaced, the United Nations ' International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said on Wednesday.
Morgues and hospitals have been overwhelmed with bodies.
Libyan doctor Najib Tarhoni, who has been working in a hospital near Derna, said more help is needed.
" I have friends in The Hospital here who have lost most of their Families . . They 've lost everyone, " he told BBC Radio 4 's World at One.
" We just need people who understand The Situation - logistic help, dogs that can actually smell people and get them from under the ground. We just need the humanitarian help, people who actually know what They are doing. "
There is also an urgent need for specialised forensic and rescue teams and others who specialise in Recovering Bodies , The Head of the Libyan doctors' union Mohammed al-Ghoush told Turkish media.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said an emergency team will arrive in Derna on Thursday " to assess medical needs and donate emergency medical kits to care for the wounded and Body Bags to the Libyan Red Crescent".
Streets are covered in mud and rubble, and are littered with upturned vehicles.
Mr Chkiouat, a local official, said some areas of Derna have " vanished, completely disappeared".
" So imagine a Residential Area has been destroyed completely, you cannot see it, it's not existing anymore.
" I've never seen anything like this before. It's by all means a tsunami. "
Taha Muftah, a photojournalist in Derna, said experts had raised The Alarm about The Dam since 2011 " But nobody did anything about it".
He told The Bbc 's Newshour programme that The Dam collapse sounded " like an air strike".
" The water now has stopped and what is left is only the rubble, and The People who were taken by The Flood are under the water, " He Said .
A Number of elite footballers have died, according to the Libya Football Federation (LFF).
It released The Names of four players who were killed: Shaheen Al-Jamil, Monder Sadaqa and brothers Saleh Sasi and Ayoub Sasi.
The cities of Soussa, Al-Marj and Misrata were also affected by Sunday's storm.
Libya has been in political chaos since long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in 2011 - Leaving the oil-rich nation effectively split with an interim, internationally recognised government operating from the capital, Tripoli, and Another One in The East .
But despite The Split , the government in Tripoli has sent medical supplies, Body Bags , doctors and paramedics.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com