Search results
1 day ago · The Weibo hashtag "artificial rainfall causes flooding in Dubai" was viewed more than three million times, while posts blaming cloud seeding for the downpours made the rounds globally in languages including English, French, Spanish, Greek, Dutch and Korean.
1 day ago · The Weibo hashtag "artificial rainfall causes flooding in Dubai" was viewed more than three million times, while posts blaming cloud seeding for the downpours made the rounds globally in languages ...
1 day ago · The UAE is one of the world's most arid countries and has for years used aircraft for cloud seeding to artificially produce rain. Screenshot of the misleading post, captured on May 31, 2024 More than 20 people died in Oman and four in the United Arab Emirates as floods battered the oil-rich countries in April.
May 29, 2024 · Intense flooding across the Arabian Peninsula caused by a storm in mid-April sparked speculation about the role cloud seeding might have played in the precipitation event. Immediately after news of the flooding broke, conspiracy theorists took to social media to fan suspicion and trumpet the hazards of human intervention into natural processes.
8 hours ago · The recent downpour in Dubai has raised the question of whether cloud seeding or extreme weather was to blame and what engineering is involved in either scenario. The recent downpour in Dubai, which caused death and devastated infrastructure damage, has raised questions about whether cloud seeding was to blame and what engineering was involved.
1 day ago · The UAE's drainage systems quickly became overwhelmed, flooding out neighborhoods, business districts and even portions of the 12-lane Sheikh Zayed Road highway running through Dubai. The state-run WAM news agency called the rain “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.”
People also ask
Did cloud seeding exacerbate the floods in the United Arab Emirates?
Did cloud seeding increase rainfall in UAE?
Is cloud seeding a recurring phenomenon in Dubai and the UAE?
What is cloud seeding in Dubai?
May 12, 2024 · The Verdict. The claim that the deadly Dubai storm of April 2024 was caused by cloud seeding is false. Experts told AAP FactCheck that cloud seeding could not have created a storm of such size and intensity. The weather system was already established before any possible cloud seeding took place. False — The claim is inaccurate.
