{"id":347221,"date":"2024-10-17T16:21:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=347221"},"modified":"2025-03-30T18:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:55:24","slug":"sahara-sees-first-flood-in-half-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=347221","title":{"rendered":"Sahara sees first flood in half a\u00a0century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"574\" data-attachment-id=\"347226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=347226\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/00Screenshot-2024-10-17-161834.png?fit=1198%2C951&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1198,951\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/00Screenshot-2024-10-17-161834.png?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/00Screenshot-2024-10-17-161834.png?resize=768%2C610&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/00Screenshot-2024-10-17-161834.png?w=1198&amp;ssl=1 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2024\/10\/16\/sahara-sees-first-flood-in-half-a-century\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If were Ben Rich, I would stick to weather forecasting!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" 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data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-464.png?fit=723%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-464.png?resize=723%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-464.png?w=870&amp;ssl=1 870w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-464.png?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-464.png?resize=768%2C350&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/videos\/cr5494qjgeyo\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/videos\/cr5494qjgeyo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does not the clown realise what a fool he has just made of himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If global warming caused this downpour, what caused the previous one 30 years ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if this is the first such downpour for 30 or 50 years, they clearly are not becoming more frequent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does not the clown realise what a 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