SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States.

A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara, one of the driest places on Earth.

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in the north, to the Cape region in the south.

Keen-eyed internet sleuths have spotted what they claim is a 'flying saucer' buried in the Sahara Desert.

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Parts of the desert saw nearly eight inches of rainfall after a low-pressure system pushed across the northwestern Sahara, which is more than the area normally receives in an entire year.

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...

Some parts of the Sahara Desert will see five times their average August and September rainfall. A few areas could experience rain for the first time on record in August or September.

A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert.

An unusual deluge has left vibrant blue lagoons amid the palm trees of the Sahara Desert, rejuvenating some drought-stricken areas.

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades ...