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Rare deluge floods parts of the Sahara desert for the first time in decades

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Southeastern Morocco 's desert is among the most arid places in the world and rarely experiences rain in late summer .

NASA satellites showed water rushing in to fill Lake Iriqui , a famous lake bed between Zagora and Tata that had been dry for 50 years .

Meteorologists say it may change the course of the region's weather in months and years to come.

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