Libya Floods – WFP Supporting Rollout of Food Assistance to Families in Wake of Storm

The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun providing desperately needed food assistance to more than 5,000 families displaced by massive flooding in Libya.

Entire neighbourhoods in the city of Derna have disappeared, along with many of their residents, after floodwaters from Storm Daniel caused two ageing dams to collapse.

On Tuesday, food distributions, through WFP’s partner LibAid, had already reached 2,000 people who had fled Derna and arrived in the city of Benghazi.

On Wednesday, WFP was…