Dubai's record-shattering "rain bomb" has clear climate change ties


by Axios

Axios— The record "rain bomb" that struck Dubai and other nearby Gulf states on Tuesday dumped more than two years' worth of rain on the global...

Bloomberg—Dubai Floods Expose Weakness to Climate Change After UAE Heavy Rains. Extreme rains brought to a halt one of the hottest and driest cities on Earth.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation—Speculation 'cloud seeding' caused Dubai record rainfall refuted by experts blaming climate change. Speculation swirled on social media that the weather technology was to blame for the largest ever rainfall Dubai has seen. But experts say the record rains were on a totally different scale to what seeding would produce.

WDTN—Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE, flooding roads and Dubai’s airport. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and Dubai's international airport. The state-run WAM news agency called the rain “a historic weather event” that surpassed []