The phenomenon of snowfall is very strange in the Atacama desert

White snow falls heavily on the Atacama desert - an extremely rare phenomenon!

Atacama Desert in Chile, famous for being the driest place found in the world, meteorological stations here have never recorded a rain. However, visitors to the Atacama desert in recent days will surely be extremely surprised by a strange phenomenon: white snow falls heavily in the Atacama desert.

People living nearby said that this is the most dense snowfall during the last three decades in the world's most arid desert land.

This strange phenomenon has raised concerns about melting ice, causing rain and has caused many areas to be flooded. The local travel agency said the roads leading to the Atacama are currently temporarily blocked from the strange erratic weather. There are also predictions that rain will occur in this area in the coming days, however, local authorities have not yet asked for evacuation for the people.

The Atacama Desert stretches from northern Chile to southern Peru, featuring rocky hills, volcanic rocks and long sand dunes. This is a desert recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "driest in the world" , with an average rainfall of less than 50mm a year. Even in some areas in this desert there has never been a drop of rain, so dry that cactus cannot survive.