I'm not totally convinced by this to be honest. What is the standard by which we are measuring against and how was that standard derived?
We must bear in mind that there an awful lot more people on the planet to witness events and they have far better communication, and platforms for the dissemination of information, than ever before. Given this it is hardly surprising that the impression of an increase in events is created.
		
		
	 
  The "standards"?   Cloud seeding & geoengineering companies been busy for 70 years. Recent years have seen media declarations of intent to geoengineer and experiment with cooling Earth down a few degrees??
  So what are the symptoms?? Well, if you increase the rain in one location it will deprive the other location of its rain the result is two fold - Increased flooding and increased drought which is now leading to decimated agriculture and increased wildfires - much more.
 The recent Siberian, American, Canadian, Spanish and Greek populations are concerned about the level of fire and lack of rain through the year. It's at record levels.  
What's suddenly changed??