The Libyan town of Derna before and after Storm Daniel (Credit: Al Jazeera/ CC-BY-SA-2.0)

In early September 2023, parts of the Mediterranean and Libya were struck by one of the deadliest and costliest tropical-like cyclones in recorded history. Storm Daniel brought torrential rains in Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria on September 5th and 6th before slamming down on Libya on September 10th.