Intense rainfall that struck the Gulf of Guinea coastline in late June, killing dozens across Ghana, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Nigeria and displacing thousands more, was made five times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a new analysis by the World Weather Attribution team. Scientists at Imperial College London found that three-day extreme downpours in the region have intensified by roughly 23% since records began, with climate models confirming that greenhouse gas emissions worsened both the scale and severity of the event. Researchers warn that similar deluges are now expected every two to four years and are calling on industrialised nations to both cut emissions faster and support affected countries — which contributed little to global warming — in adapting to an accelerating crisis.