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This is because it sits under the subtropical ridge ... Because many parts of the desert see less than 25mm (one inch) each year, this rare weather event might mean years’ worth of precipitation ...

Late winter rainstorms are predicted in the High Desert this week ... were covered in snow following the first bout of winter weather over Christmas weekend. El Niño officially commenced in ...

"A strong surge of subtropical moisture combined with a weak upper level disturbance raises the potential for excessive rainfall across the region," the NWS office in Grand Junction, Colorado ...

"It looks like a desert, and then when the rain comes, then everything starts greening very quickly," Trzaska said. Extensive flooding in the Diffa region in Niger. Giles Clarke/Getty Images In ...

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.

After a few warmer and sunny days, the High Desert is expected to receive two rounds of rain showers this week beginning Tuesday night. The National Weather Service reported that rain from an ...

While the rain-making project continues to be studied ... these are called the subtropical zones. The UAE’s subtropical desert climate is characterised by mild winters and very hot summers ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers.