Rain

You can easily see here how so much of the road network, campsites and low-lying villages get washed away. They're just not set up for heavy rain. There are mahoosive puddles along this main coast road, parts of it have disappeared altogether and this downpour will have a major effect on the rivers running down into the desert. We saw in Erg Chebbi a villge under 3ft of water that was occupied until the waters rose. There's no drainage off the roads anywhere - Essoaria town roads were as bad as those in the countryside...

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