.A new research study has discovered that the rise in soil destruction in coastal regions because of deforestation is actually getting worse flood effect on Middle Eastern and Northern African port cities. The researchers concentrated their monitorings on the dreadful 2023 floodings in the urban area of Derna, Libya, which took the everyday lives of much more than 11,300 people and demonstrated how the rise in ground erosion considerably added to the devastating toll of these unusual desert floods. The study was posted virtually a year after the deadly flood took place on the September 10, 2023.