The Sahara Desert — one of the driest places on the planet, where rain is practically unheard of at this time of year — is about to experience an exceptionally rare deluge.

A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara, one of the driest places on Earth.

Sahara Desert is flooding after receiving a year's worth of rain in 2 days 00:18. A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert ...

Rare Rain in the Sahara Desert Causes Phenomenon. Published Oct 08, 2024 at 10:38 AM EDT Updated Oct 08, 2024 at 9:31 PM EDT. By . Shamim Chowdhury is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K.

In a rare occurrence, heavy rainfall hit the Sahara Desert this month and was captured on satellite imagery showing the unusual weather conditions cast over one the driest regions on the planet ...

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The rare episode could bring pockets of flooding to parts of Chad, Libya, Niger and Algeria. Half the Sahara receives less than an inch of rain annually, and sand dunes are poor absorbers of ...