Disaster● LowSep 23 · Sep 23, 2026, 5:03 AM
El Niño transforms Atacama desert as thousands of hectares burst into bloom
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · South America
Exceptionally heavy El Niño rains have awakened millions of seeds lying dormant underground, carpeting vast swathes of one of the planet's driest places with flowers.
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