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News Chile » Atacama » Weather: Unusual rainfall brings winter flowers to Chile's Atacama desert

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2024-07-unusual-rainfall-winter-chile-atacama.html
Published on: Thursday 11 July 2024

Large swaths of the Atacama desert, the driest on the planet, have been covered with purple and white flowers after unusual rainfall patterns in northern Chile. Normally, such a desert bloom occurs ...

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: It's snowing in the desert: Atacama Desert turns white in rare winter weather

News channel or source: https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/atacama-desert-snow-rare-winter-weather-el-nino-dry-arid-2985187-2026-09-02
Published on: Tuesday 01 September 2026

Nasa satellite images captured snow covering parts of Chile's Atacama Desert after an unusual series of winter storms hit the region. Here's what went down. Part of northern Chile in seen covered in ...

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: Earth's driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/chile-atacama-desert-flowers-tourism-el-nino-m05823
Published on: Thursday 01 October 2026

Known as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, a massive portion of the Atacama Desert has been covered in flowers after the El Niño weather pattern brought heavy rains to the region earlier this year.

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: Millions of flowers bloom across Chile’s Atacama Desert

News channel or source: https://news.az/news/millions-of-flowers-bloom-across-chiles-atacama-desert
Published on: Monday 05 October 2026

Known as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, a massive portion of the Atacama Desert has been covered in flowers after the El Niño weather ...

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: In 2026, rare rains were projected to produce a 17,000-square-kilometre wildflower bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert, with more than 200 plant species

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/weather/general/in-2026-rare-rains-were-projected-to-produce-a-17-000-square-kilometre-wildflower-bloom-in-chile-s-atacama-desert-with-more-than-200-plant-species/ar-AA2g0Cre
Published on: Saturday 24 October 2026

In 2026, El Niño rains turned Chile’s Atacama, Earth’s driest nonpolar desert, into a wildflower carpet of about 17,000 sq km with 200+ plant species.

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: Chile's Atacama Desert blossoms with life after El Nino rains

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/chiles-atacama-desert-blossoms-life-184759937.html
Published on: Tuesday 22 September 2026

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A carpet of colorful flowers now covers vast stretches of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile (Javier TORRES) A resplendent ...

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: It's spring in the Southern Hemisphere and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-au/weather/meteorology/it-s-spring-in-the-southern-hemisphere-and-even-chile-s-atacama-desert-is-blossoming/ar-AA2dl2Ly
Published on: Wednesday 30 September 2026

It's spring in the Southern Hemisphere and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming - Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming ...

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: About 200 flower species bloom in Atacama after downpours — NDTV World

News channel or source: https://ua.news/en/world/v-atakami-pislia-zliv-rozkvitli-blizko-200-vidiv-kvitiv-ndtv-world
Published on: Sunday 11 October 2026

Around 200 flower species bloomed in Chile’s Atacama Desert after heavy September rains amid a strengthening El Niño.

News Chile » Atacama » Weather: A Meteorological Rarity: Snow Across the Atacama Desert

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/meteorological-rarity-snow-across-atacama-020000437.html
Published on: Monday 31 August 2026

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile isn't a complete stranger to snowfall, but it's rare you see this kind of snowfall. As ...