Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a cyclone brought a deluge of rain to northern Africa that drenched swathes of the ...

The normally dry northwestern Sahara lake, Sebkha el Melah, was filled for the seventh time since the beginning of the 21st century. This flood, in September 2024, which occurred after the study ...

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“It's been 30 to 50 years since we've had this much rain in such a short space of time ... Mr Youabeb says the presence of water in the Sahara could profoundly alter weather forecasts in ...

Every 21,000 years, the Sahara experiences a wet, rainy period, turning it into a woodland. The last North African Humid Period occurred between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago. During that time ...