[ELI5]Why does the flood waters not just get absorbed through the sands?

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Was looking at the news reports about the floods in UAE and wondering why a desert so vast with little to no vegetation just absorb all the rainfall?

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When something is very dry, it can get compacted and not have any space or cracks for water to soak into. It acts more like concrete than sand.

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