Rare deluge floods parts of the Sahara desert for the first time in decades CBS NewsSahara Desert is flooding after receiving a year's worth of rain in 2 days CBS NewsDramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century The GuardianWater gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desert The Associated PressFlooding in the Sahara desert fills lake that had been dry for 50 years New York Post