A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades.

The Sahara Desert, known for its extreme dryness and harsh climate, has experienced flooding for the first time in decades, ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.

Pickup trucks can be seen carefully manoeuvring through ankle-deep water flowing uphill during the rainstorm on May 6. The filmer said: 'A heavy rainfall caused localised flooding in the desert.

An extreme onslaught of rain in Morocco — about a year’s worth in two days — brought desperately needed water to some of the Sahara desert’s more arid regions, the Associated Press reported.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than ...

A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades.

Palm trees are flooded in a lake caused by heavy rainfall ... that lie beneath the desert and are relied upon to supply water in desert communities. The region's dammed reservoirs reported ...

Water poured in through Firestine ... so I never expected that,” she said. Like many desert residents, she doesn’t have flood insurance, and homeowner’s insurance won’t cover the damage.

The flooding has also damaged farmers' harvests ... The rainfall is expected to replenish the vast groundwater aquifers that supply water to desert communities. A man gestures as he walks on ...

As early as July 2021 there had been reports that an oil field located in the Takla Makan Desert was flooded, with over 300 square kilometers of land in the region going under water. A number of ...