The Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Egypt is in danger of vanishing under the waves in decades. Alexandros the Great's metropolis on the Nile Delta is on the edge of catastrophe due to the rising sea levels brought about by global warming and its sinking landmass.
According to the United Nations, even the best scenario would still force 1.5 million people out of the total population of 6 million to leave their homes, if a third of the city was underwater or uninhabitable by 2050. The ancient ruins and historic treasures. would also be in danger of destruction if Alexandria sinks.
Every year, the city sinks by more than 3 millimeters. This and the constant flooding, as in 2015 and 2020 have already caused many Alexandrians to flee from their homes.
The situation today seems even direr given to the distressing predictions made by the UN's panel of climate experts. According to IPPC the Mediterranean could rise a meter (3.2 feet) within the next 30 years.
The report said "a third of the highly productive agricultural land in the Nile Delta as well as of historical importance such as Alexandria would flood.
UN experts stated that the Mediterranean would rise the fastest than anywhere else in the world.
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