Water gushes through palm trees and sand dunes after rare rain in Sahara Desert

(AP)

A rare deluge of rain has left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara Desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more water than many have seen in decades.

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