.A brand-new study has located that the rise in dirt destruction in coastal areas because of desertification is worsening flooding influence on Center Eastern and N. African port metropolitan areas. The scientists concentrated their monitorings on the disastrous 2023 floods in the area of Derna, Libya, which took the daily lives of more than 11,300 folks and also demonstrated how the boost in dirt erosion significantly helped in the tragic toll of these unique desert floods. The research was published practically a year after the dangerous flood occurred on the September 10, 2023.