Dramatic Images Show The First Floods In The Sahara In Half A Century

More than years worth of rain fell in two days in south-east Morocco, filling up lake that had been dry for decades Dramatic pictures have emerged of the first floods in the Sahara in half a century. Two days of rainfall in September exceeded yearly averages in several areas of south-eastMorocco and caused a deluge, officials of the countrys meteorology agency said in early October. In Tagounite, a village about 450km280 miles south of the capital, Rabat, more than 100mm 3.9 inches was recorded in a 24-hour period.