The Sahara desert was flooded after the rash for these places. According to Associated Press, in some areas more than the annual rainfall fell in two days. As a result of floods, at least 20 people died.
The Main Directorate of Meteorology Morocco reported that this amount of precipitation over such a short period of time has not fallen for 30-50 years. Specialists call this weather phenomenon a non -ropical storm. Such storms can change the climate in the region for the next few months or even years, said the representative of the department, Khussin Yuaba. He explained that the moisture brought by storm, evaporating, would cause new showers.
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According to AP, the flood has become a new problem for local farmers, who had previously suffered from drought for six years. She forced the farmers to leave the fields with uninhabited, and the authorities - to introduce limits on water consumption.
Experts say that such powerful precipitation should help restore the level of groundwater, which has fallen significantly during the drought. This has become a serious problem for the local population, whose water supply largely depends on underground sources.
After the flood on the network, many personnel with water in the sands spread, and NASA scientists reported that, judging by the satellite images, the streams of water would fill the famous lake Iriki in the southeast of Morocco, dried up 50 years ago.
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