Photos: Flood in Sahara Desert, Morocco 50 years old lake filled with water
Photos: Africa's Sahara Desert has been flooded after continuous rain for the last 2 days. According to Morocco's Meteorological Center, this place has been receiving continuous rain for 2 days. This has broken the record of the average rainfall in the country throughout the year.
A village 450 km away from Morocco's capital Rabat received about 4 inches of rain in 24 hours.
Meteorologists said that for the first time in the last 50 years, so much rain has occurred in the Sahara Desert in such a short time. NASA's satellite images showed water filling up in Lake Iriki, which was dry for the last 50 years.
Pictures of water filling up in the sand in the Sahara Desert are going viral on social media. Earlier, in 1974, the Sahara Desert received rain after a 6-year drought, which later turned into a flood.
This is a drone photo of the flood in the Sahara Desert. Water is visible everywhere in it.
A tourist was seen celebrating seeing the water filled in the Sahara Desert.
A lake was formed in the desert due to rain in South East Mexico. Tourists came to see it.
Palm trees were also seen submerged in water in a lake in Morocco due to the flood.
Sahara Desert is spread over an area of 92 lakh square kilometers, which is more than double the area of India.
The Sahara Desert will become green in the next 1500 years. Scientists estimate that the Sahara Desert will become green in the next 1500 years. This will happen because the Earth will tilt its axis by 22 to 24.5 degrees during this time.
While the name Sahara is derived from the Arabic word 'Sahara', which means desert.
The Sahara Desert is spread over an area of 92 lakh square kilometers, which is more than double the area of India. It is the largest desert in the world which is spread across 10 countries of North, Central and West Africa. This includes countries like Mali-Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Egypt.
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Rain can change the weather of the Sahara Desert. Scientists have said that such rain will change the weather and temperature in the area for the next few months or years. Because of rain, the humidity in the air will increase, which will increase evaporation. Due to this, more storms can come there.
Summary
Last month, 18 people died due to floods in Morocco. Earlier in the year 2022, there was snowfall in Algeria, which is called the door of the Sahara Desert. This is the fifth time in the last 42 years that snowfall was recorded here. After this, the minimum temperature of this area dropped to -2 degrees.
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