Unsurprisingly this largely untouched country is rich in natural resources and boasts seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

In the desert town of Merzouga, located near Rachidia, water gushed through arid lands, filling up ancient lakebeds that had ...

Two days of intense rainfall last month exceeded yearly averages in several areas that typically see less than 250mm each year.

High- and low-pressure systems steer a hurricane toward or away from SC. These systems are influenced by atmospheric conditions and the time of year.

While the US struggles in the wake of devastating hurricanes, the Sahara Desert has received record rainfall causing flooding ...

Did you know almost every hurricane begins in Africa, but Africa itself doesn’t experience hurricanes? Here’s why: ...

Typically known for its droughts, meteorologists say it has been 30 years since this much rain has fallen in the Sahara Desert in Morocco.

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

Sahara desert floods for the first time in 50 years after extremely rare deluge Education, healthcare, public services and ...

In Mauritania, where two-thirds of the country's land is covered by desert, crops from China, such as king grass and alfalfa, are thriving in the Sahara Desert. These plants not only serve as ...

Dust swept from the Sahara desert provides life at the bottom of the marine food chain with a critical nutrient. Without the iron carried far and wide in this mineral cloud, oceanic phytoplankton ...

(Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) Overflowing rivers are no longer a rarity in the vast arid nation on the edge of the Sahara Desert. But the rainy season this year has been particularly devastating ...