Rescue teams from the Red Crescent Society’s Ghat branch provided emergency aid to families affected by the heavy rains that hit the municipality of Tahala on Wednesday evening.

The teams worked to set up sites and camps for displaced families, ensuring their safety and providing them with basic necessities, according to a statement the Society posted on its Facebook page on Thursday.

Rain in the Southwest

The National Meteorological Center predicted that rain of varying intensity would continue to fall on areas of southwestern Libya, which could lead to some valleys overflowing and local flash floods.

Heavy rains and weather fluctuations have forced families to flee their homes in the residential neighborhood of Tahala, while the Supreme Emergency Committee at the Ministry of Health in the government appointed by the House of Representatives announced an increase in readiness and preparedness at hospitals in the region, in anticipation of any emergencies amid the current weather fluctuations.