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11 hours ago · The record rains -- the heaviest in the UAE since records began 75 years ago -- flooded homes, roads and malls and forced Dubai airport to cancel more than 2,000 flights.
2 days ago · Artificial rain recently flooded Dubai, showcasing the power and potential risks of weather modification technology. The UAE's National Center of Meteorology...
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11 hours ago · The Emirati meteorological centre said it did not perform seeding operations during the floods. "Due to the excessive use of silver iodide to create artificial rain, Dubai saw its heaviest rainfall in a single day since meteorological records began in 1949," read a simplified Chinese post on Weibo on April 18, 2024.
3 days ago · An average year sees 94.7 millimeters (3.73 inches) of rain at Dubai International Airport. Other areas of the country saw even more precipitation. 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.
1 day ago · The rate of business activity growth in the UAE's non-oil sector softened to a 16-month low in May as firms tackled disruptions from April's record flooding event, which led to the largest-ever increase in backlogs of work, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers' Index stayed ...
4 days ago · One of the leading bosses of Emirates has described the floods that wreaked havoc across Dubai in April, stranding tens of thousands of the airline’s passengers, as like ‘being under attack’, admitting that the Persian Gulf carrier will have to be more ‘dynamic’ when dealing with extreme weather events in the future.
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1 day ago · The week of unexpected rainfall and severe flooding highlighted how unprepared Dubai is to deal with such extreme weather. Despite the fact that the relatively new city is an incredible example of ...
