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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.

The dust mass, which forms in the Sahara Desert in northern Africa and blows thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, is ...

Water Gushes Through Palm Trees and Sand Dunes After Rare Rain in the Sahara Desert RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes ...

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Flora tends to sprout quickly once the typically dry landscape gets water. One of the driest regions ... of plant life popping up all over the Sahara Desert after an extratropical cyclone drenched ...

The heavy rains that fell in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Florida's Largest Insurer Issues Hurricane Milton ...

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 ...