.A brand-new research has actually found that the rise in dirt disintegration in coastal regions as a result of desertification is intensifying flooding impacts on Center Eastern and also North African port metropolitan areas. The researchers focused their observations on the destructive 2023 floodings in the city of Derna, Libya, which took the daily lives of more than 11,300 individuals and showed how the rise in dirt destruction considerably resulted in the tragic toll of these unique desert floods. The analysis was released almost a year after the deadly flood occurred on the September 10, 2023.