A rare deluge of rain has created
blue lakes of water amid palm trees and dunes in the Sahara, providing some of
the driest areas with more water than they have seen in decades.
Satellite images show water rushing
to fill Lake Iriki between Zagora and Tata, which has been dry for 50 years.
The water is also visible rushing through the desert sands amid castles and
desert plants.
The Sahara, at 9.4 million square
kilometers, is the world's largest hot desert, spanning a dozen countries in
North, Central, and West Africa. Recurring drought has been a problem in many
of these countries as extreme weather events increase due to global warming,
leading scientists to predict that similar storms could occur in the Sahara in
the future.
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