Dubai has been hit by record floods over the past 24 hours, sparking
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?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was inundated with water on Tuesday after
Professor Maarten Ambaum, a meteorologist at the University of Reading who
Severe floods inundated the United Arab Emirates this week, as a storm
Mr Jaques, a meteorologist, warned there could be 'unintended consequences' to using the technology, leading to 'diplomatic instability' between nations.
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.
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai.
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai
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.