EPA-EFE/STR September 21, 2023 Was the freak ‘medicane’ storm that devastated Libya a glimpse of North Africa’s future? Mike Rogerson, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Belkasem Alkaryani, University of Tobruk, and Mahjoor Lone, Northumbria University, Newcastle Climate models suggest North Africa will get drier in future. But its caves tell a different story.