The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was inundated with water on Tuesday after
The United Arab Emirates saw its heaviest rainfall recorded and parts of Dubai remain flooded. The UAE uses cloud seeding to create more rain. Could it have caused the flood?
Mr Jaques, a meteorologist, warned there could be 'unintended consequences' to using the technology, leading to 'diplomatic instability' between nations.
Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of Damac Properties, one of the United Arab Emirate's largest private real estate developers, sought to downplay the severity of flooding.
Cloud seeding could not have led to the formation of that a huge thunderstorm that led to excessive rainfall and flooding in Dubai.
Footage captures the scenes inside the Mall of the Emirates, after the ceiling of shop partially collapsed due to heavy rain. Water can be seen gushing at incredible speed from the ceiling of a Flying Tiger Copenhagen store inside the shopping centre in Dubai. Further footage shows roads in the downtown area completely flooded, as the United Arab Emirates experienced the heaviest rainfall on record - with a year and a half's worth of rain falling on Tuesday.
Footage captures the scenes inside the Mall of the Emirates, after the ceiling of shop partially collapsed due to heavy rain. Water can be seen gushing at incredible speed from the ceiling of a Flying Tiger Copenhagen store inside the shopping centre in Dubai. Further footage shows roads in the downtown area completely flooded, as the United Arab Emirates experienced the heaviest rainfall on record - with a year and a half's worth of rain falling on Tuesday.
"We know our response has been far from perfect. We acknowledge and understand the frustration of our customers," Emirates Airline CEO Tim Clark wrote.
Punishing rains - the heaviest experienced by the UAE in the 75 years that records have been kept - brought much of the country to a standstill and trapped thousands earlier this week
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The effects of El Niño phenomenon, or the long dry spell in our country continue to wreak havoc in our normal daily living. Our neighboring countries Thailand and Bangladesh are likewise not spared from this climate change phenomenon. In the particular situation of the Philippines, the prolonged dry period is precariously affecting both our food and energy security.
Climate change is behind torrential downpours and unusual flooding in the normally arid Dubai.