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    Horrific dam collapses epitomize Libya's failures. Why were so many warnings ignored?

    BEIRUT — Amid the search for thousands of people washed away when two storm-swollen dams burst, amid the burials and bewilderment in the Libyan city of Derna, sorrow has given way to rage. More than a week after Storm Daniel punched through the dams made of compacted clay, with the death toll at anywhere from 4,000 to over 11,000, recriminations — and demands for punishment — are mounting. ...
    by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times Sep 19, 2023 5 minutes
    People gather for a demonstration outside the surviving Al-Sahaba mosque in Libya's eastern city of Derna on Sept. 18, 2023, as they protest against government neglect to the two dams which broke and led to the deadly flash floods that hit the city the prior week.

    BEIRUT — Amid the search for thousands of people washed away when two storm-swollen dams burst, amid the burials and bewilderment in the Libyan city of Derna, sorrow has given way to rage.

    More than a week after Storm Daniel punched through the dams made of compacted clay, with the death toll at anywhere from 4,000 to over 11,000, recriminations — and demands for punishment — are mounting.

    Libyans question why the dams failed — why they weren't repaired or replaced despite stark predictions of disaster — and why residents got confusing and contradictory instructions before floodwaters washed away buildings, bridges, neighborhoods.

    For many in the troubled North African nation of some 7 million, the dams' disintegration has become a symbol of both the dysfunction and venality of Libya's political class.

    "People know this is a crime, not just

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