.A brand-new research has found that the boost in ground erosion in seaside locations as a result of deforestation is worsening flooding effect on Middle Eastern and also North African port cities. The researchers centered their observations on the destructive 2023 floodings in the area of Derna, Libya, which took the lives of more than 11,300 people and also showed how the rise in ground destruction substantially contributed to the disastrous cost of these uncommon desert floodings. The research was posted practically a year after the harmful flood took place on the September 10, 2023.