.A brand-new study has found that the boost in ground disintegration in coastal regions due to desertification is aggravating flooding influence on Middle Eastern and also N. African port areas. The analysts centered their monitorings on the disastrous 2023 floodings in the metropolitan area of Derna, Libya, which took the everyday lives of more than 11,300 individuals and also showed how the rise in dirt erosion substantially brought about the disastrous toll of these unique desert floodings. The analysis was actually released nearly a year after the lethal flooding occurred on the September 10, 2023.