Flooding rainfall in parts of the...Sahara?

Yes, you read that correctly. Here's a video explainer:

 

Of course attributing specific weather events as linked to climate change is a bit tricky, this is the sort of event we might expect to see more of as the average temperature across our planet increases. This particular pattern affecting the Sahara region is apparently at least partially responsible for the unexpectedly quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, as one of the presenters points out. And while all of that has been happening, we've seen some extreme heat in the western US. I lived near Seattle from 1983 through the summer of 1985 as a teen. The thought of air conditioning was considered absurd. If you had high temperatures in the 70s (Fahrenheit)/low to mid 20s (Celsius), that would seem warm. Although an extremely hot day or two were not completely out of the question, they were very much the exception. These days, you would definitely want central air in your home. Thankfully, most vehicles come with airconditioning as a standard feature. That was something that would not have mattered to me back then. Heck my first two cars had no air conditioning, and that didn't matter much even when I moved to southern California in 1985. It was consistently warmer, but the sea breeze kept temperatures comfortable most of the time unless you lived in the inland valleys. That too has changed, as I've experienced first-hand on visits to the area and from what friends and family in the area tell me quite often now. All of what I am describing occurs in a context in which we've lived through a series of months where the average temperature overall has continued to break new records until recently. It's not like we weren't warned.