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.

Recently, it rained in the Sahara Desert in Morocco, where there has not been rain for five decades. Last year, a heavy rain and hail storm stopped activity in Kuwait. The countries are far apart, with Morocco in the northwest part of Africa near Spain and Kuwait in the Perian Gulf.

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.

More than a year’s worth of rain fell in two days in south-east Morocco

In an unprecedented turn of events, regions of the Sahara Desert have been inundated by severe rainstorms. This unusual occurrence, which has caused significant flooding, poses a serious risk to local residents.