Dubai has been hit by record floods over the past 24 hours, sparking misleading speculation about cloud seeding. So how unusual was the rainfall and what were the reasons behind the extreme downpours?

Scientists do not attribute Dubai's extensive flooding and rainfall to cloud seeding, especially because of the lack of controlled studies to test. "Even if cloud seeding did occur, it would take ...

Dubai International Airport — recently ... 2024 — This story was updated to better contextualize speculation linking cloud seeding to flooding in the UAE. Many scientists say it's unlikely ...

conducts cloud seeding in part to increase its dwindling, limited groundwater. Jeff Masters, a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections, said the flooding in Dubai was caused by an unusually ...

Dubai airport re-opens after UAE suffers heavy rain What is cloud seeding and did it cause Dubai flooding? Four ways climate change affects extreme weather The storms hit a Dubai - home to 3.5m ...

Cloud seeding is a practice utilised to increase precipitation, often in drought climates or to preclude excess due rainfall. It can also alter ...

Severe flooding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE ... The rain was so unusual that some concerns were raised around the role ...