The recent exceptional rains they flooded Dubaicausing traffic jams on highways, flight disruptions, school closures and widespread flooding. These events were caused by a amount of rainfall that usually occurs over about two years. Among the possible explanations for this unusual situation, the use of the “cloud seeding“.
Dubai flooded
On April 16, 2024, the United Arab Emirates was hit by strong thunderstorms and an exceptional wave of bad weather, with torrential rains, winds up to 80 km/h, and widespread flooding. In Dubai, the amount of rain that fell in 24 hours marked a records since 1949. In Oman, violent floods caused 18 victims and 2 missing people.
Schools in the United Arab Emirates were closed and Dubai International Airport suspended operations for 25 minutes, canceling more than 50 flights. The images show subways, shopping centers and flooded streetswith damage aggravated by the lack of adequate drainage systems.
Roads and airport blocked
Heavy rains have flooded Dubai's giant highways, causing endless queues along six-lane freeways. Obvious inconveniences also occurred at the city airport, among the busiest in the world, where passengers were invited to avoid the stopover unless strictly necessary. Emirates, Dubai's main airline, canceled all check-ins scheduled for Wednesday 17th, as staff and passengers experienced difficulties to arrive and leave due to flooded roads and suspended metropolitan services.
Even the main ones shopping centers, Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates, suffered flooding. In a Dubai Metro station, the water reached my ankles. Schools were closed across the UAE.
Unusual rain in Bubai for cloud seeding?
Experts from the Emirates Meteorological Service (NCM) have suggested that the practice of “cloud seeding” may have contributed to worsening the weather conditions. The United Arab Emirates has been using “cloud seeding” for decades to address the chronic drought in the Persian Gulf area. This technique consists of seeding the clouds with substances such as silver iodide, potassium iodide and liquid propane, in order to encourage the formation of artificial precipitation. This technique, combined with the effects of global warmingmay have caused record rainfall that flooded Dubai.
Only on Tuesday they fell about 100 millimeters of water in 12 hours, exceeding the annual average of 95 millimeters. Basically, it rained in half a day as much as we expect in an entire year. In 24 hours, Dubai registered 159 millimeters of water, the equivalent of a year and a half of precipitation. Also in Omanrainfall was exceptional, reaching a record 360 millimeters in 48 hours at Marmul airport.
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