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.

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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 ...

But in September 2024, the otherwise cloudless sky turned grey, soon pouring more rain into the torrid sand dunes than they ever had before, reported CNN. Sahara, in Southeastern Morocco's desert ...

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