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. Southeastern Morocco 's desert is among the most arid places in the world and rarely experiences rain in late summer.

One of the driest places on Earth, the Sahara Desert, has flooded after torrential rainfall in southeastern Morocco last month. The area received more than a year's worth of rainfall in two days.

For the first time in the last half-century, the Sahara Desert has flooded severely. This rare extreme weather came after two days of continuous rainfall in the southeastern Morocco region of the North African desert.

South-eastern Morocco's desert is among the most arid places in the world and rarely experiences rain in late summer.

According to figures released by the Moroccan government, rain fell over the course of two days in September and exceeded the annual averages in a number of areas. Typically these see less than 250 millimeters, or 10 inches, of rain in the whole year.

Heavy rainfall in southeastern Morocco has led to flooding in the Sahara Desert near Merzouga, Rachidia. The downpour created lakes, flooding palm trees and oases, and transforming the typically dry desert landscape.

Two days of rainfall in south-east Morocco that exceeded yearly averages in several areas has caused flooding in the Sahara desert for the first time in half a century. Dramatic pictures of the flooding have emerged on social media.