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

some fell on Morocco’s towns and villages causing deadly flooding last month, which killed more than a dozen people. The Sahara is the world’s largest non-polar desert, stretching across 3.6 ...

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.

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.

Palm trees are flooded in a lake caused by heavy rainfall ... lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with ...

(AP Photo) Tourists and locals in 4x4s drove through the flooded desert. A vehicle transports tourists on sand dunes next to a lake caused by heavy rainfall in the Sahara desert town of Merzouga ...

This article will explore the Sahara flood and address these questions from the scientific lens, citing various sources. From Green Savannah to a Desert While the Sahara is known as a dry place, the ...

Flooding has affected more than 4 million ... An extratropical cyclone over the Sahara Desert drenched parts of Morocco and Algeria – bringing up to a year’s worth of rain to some areas.

It has also caused catastrophic flooding. And scientists say a world ... As a result, these portions of the Sahara Desert are anywhere from twice as wet to more than six times wetter than they ...