The world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, is being hit with unusually heavy rain. Scientists are unclear why, but it may be linked to a subdued Atlantic hurricane season.

The Sahara does experience rain, ... A NASA false-color satellite image shows parts of the Sahara Desert in Morocco and Algeria on August 14, 2024.

What To Know About The Sahara Desert’s Unusually Heavy Rain. This year there have been unique instances where some of the driest places in the world have flooded, including the world’s largest ...

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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A view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall between sand dunes in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.

Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of plant life popping up all over the Sahara Desert after an extratropical cyclone drenched a large swath of northwestern Africa on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8.

Researchers have linked climate change with the Sahara’s continued growth. The desrt has grown 10 percent since 1920. ... The Sahara Desert used to be green and lush.

The Sahara does experience rain, but usually just a few inches a year and rarely in late summer. Over two days in September, however, intense rain fell in parts of the desert in southeast Morocco, ...

Flooding hits Sahara Desert after extremely rare rainfall. Storms provided more rainfall than had been seen in decades. Sam Metz, Baba Ahmed. Tuesday 08 October 2024 11:59 BST.