Rare rain hits the Sahara desert in southern Morocco, causes flooding

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Friday, October 11, 2024 

In southern Morocco for first time in decades in the sand dunes of the desert, flooding took place. It was after heavy rains in August and September. On Tuesday satellite images from NASA showed Lake Iriqui in Iriqui National Park getting water for the first time in 50 years.

Local meteorological authorities released a statement on Tuesday saying the weather event was a "extratropical storm".

In Tagounite, a commune in Morocco there was 100m on one day in September. The Inter Tropical Front usually does not reach Morocco.

Sources

• "Rare floods in the Sahara desert" — SBS News, October 9, 2024
• "A rare rain in the Sahara Desert" — Aljazeera, October 8, 2024