{"id":1873,"date":"2018-06-02T11:49:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T11:49:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-06-02T11:49:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T11:49:37","slug":"biggest-desert-lakes-empty-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/feature\/biggest-desert-lakes-empty-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"The World’s Biggest Desert That Stretches Through Saudi Suddenly Has Plenty Of Lakes In It For the First Time In Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cyclone that hit Oman and Yemen recently has also made some serious impacts on the world’s largest desert.<\/p>\n

Cylone Mekunu has turned parts of Rub’ Al-Khali (or the Empty Quarters)\u00a0desert into freshwater lakes<\/h3>\n

This is an extremely\u00a0rare phenomenon that has not happened in nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n

The Empty Quarters is the world’s largest area of continuous sand and covers a quartr of the Kingdom<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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The lakes are especially going to benefit its residents who rely heavily on camels.<\/p>\n

People expect the plants to grow from the rain to\u00a0feed their camels\u00a0for the coming two years!<\/p>\n

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