.A new research study has discovered that the boost in soil erosion in coastal areas because of desertification is actually worsening flooding impacts on Center Eastern and also North African port cities. The analysts concentrated their monitorings on the terrible 2023 floodings in the area of Derna, Libya, which took the lives of more than 11,300 individuals and also demonstrated how the boost in ground erosion considerably brought about the devastating toll of these unusual desert floodings. The analysis was posted nearly a year after the lethal flooding took place on the September 10, 2023.