.A new research study has actually discovered that the boost in soil disintegration in seaside areas because of desertification is exacerbating flooding effect on Middle Eastern and North African port urban areas. The analysts focused their reviews on the terrible 2023 floods in the metropolitan area of Derna, Libya, which took the lives of greater than 11,300 people and also demonstrated how the increase in dirt disintegration significantly contributed to the disastrous toll of these unique desert floods. The investigation was actually published practically a year after the deadly flooding took place on the September 10, 2023.