.A brand-new research study has found that the increase in soil erosion in coastal locations due to desertification is actually exacerbating flood effect on Middle Eastern as well as Northern African slot metropolitan areas. The scientists concentrated their observations on the devastating 2023 floodings in the city of Derna, Libya, which took the lives of much more than 11,300 people and also demonstrated how the rise in dirt destruction significantly helped in the devastating toll of these unique desert floods. The study was posted practically a year after the fatal flooding took place on the September 10, 2023.