Have any deserts suffered from flooding?

Question

seems like an oxymoron, but i'd like to know.
list the events for me, or if it hasn't happened yet let me know later hehehehe

Answer 1

It is a little know fact that more people die from drowning in the desert than die from thirst.

Something becomes a desert because the rain fall is infrequent, not because it does not rain at all.

Deserts often have no vegetation or top soil to absorb water, so water from a rainstorm collects on the surface, often building up to dangerous levels quickly.


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...The desert southwestern U.S. is especially dangerous for both hikers and vehicles from the sudden onslaught of water from isolated thunderstorms. These rains fill poorly-absorbent and often claylike dry riverbeds. A moving flood will usually be headed by a debris pile that may have wood branches and/or logs. Deep slot canyons can be especially dangerous to hikers as they may be flooded by a storm that occurs on a mesa miles away, sweeping through the canyon, making it difficult to climb up and out of the way to avoid the flood. Valley roads frequently cross dry river and creek beds without bridges. From the driver's perspective, there may be clear weather, when unexpectantly a river forms ahead of or around the vehicle in a matter of seconds.

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May 13, 2007

JERUSALEM, Israel - Tragedy struck Saturday when four Israelis rappelling in Nahal Qumran north of the Dead Sea were swept away by a flash flood and drown.

When the group began their hike Saturday morning, the weather was pleasant, though rain was forecast for the weekend. Around midday, the weather changed drastically....

...Though rainfall in the Judean Desert averages less than two inches annually, even a relatively small downpour can bring dangerous flash flooding.

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Answer 2

Irv S is wrong. I live in the Southwest desert (Sonoran of Arizona) and flash floods here are nothing like they are elsewhere. The worst we get is an intersection with water too high, but that happens rarely. The Sonoran Desert is considered the wettest desert because it gets an average of 8 inches a year. Like anywhere else, heavy rains and monsoons are warnings to leave low ground, but Phoenix is mostly slanted, so water usually gathers at corners and intersections. I have NEVER seen waist deep flood water here, and I've lived here my whole life.

The Kalihari in Africa floods once a year for about 6 weeks. East Africa gets a lot of flooding. The Gobi I think is the dryest due to the Hymalayas blocking rain water, but double check on that.

Okay everyone is saying things they don't know. YES, many deserts DO have vegitation. Noah is religious refference and cannot be proven. He is asking about recoreded floods not floods from before the time of the dinosaurs!

Answer 3

Yes. The American south-west has flash-floods
from thunderstorms. You are advised never to camp in the gullies because a T'storm you don't even hear can
wash you away.

Answer 4

in the time of noah the entire world was flooded to 15 cubits above the highest mountians

Answer 5

the entire world suffered from flooding at one point

Answer 6

ALL are prone to flood during any heavy or prolonged rain.