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The storm of the century in Dubai, is "artificial cloud seeding" related? Here's what the scientists say

2024-04-18 14:51:00Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The storm of the century in Dubai, is "artificial cloud seeding"
Flooding in Dubai

Heavy rains continued to lash the Gulf states, causing deadly flooding and disrupting flights at the world's second-busiest airport, the BBC writes. 

Last June, the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, approved a $21.8 billion fund to expand and redesign the drainage system.

In January, a new flood management agency was established in the city.

The rain, the heaviest in 75 years, which turned the city of Dubai into a large lake, overcame the plans.

Now, as the waters recede, they are revealing the extent of the devastation from the historic storm that claimed 19 lives in neighboring Oman and at least one in Dubai.

It's not just the images of chaos at Dubai airport - which is also the busiest on the planet - with passengers huddled on the floor to sleep, nor ultra-luxury supercars submerged under tons of water, nor streets and sidewalks, where even the boulevard the famous 12-lane Sheikh Zayed was flooded, causing traffic jams for hours in its "dry" parts, but hundreds of houses were also rendered uninhabitable.

 

And while in some neighborhoods people were moving around with wheelchairs or even surfboards, a part of the city's Metro was also damaged.

Local authorities do not yet have information on the total value of the damage caused, as tankers are still pumping water and mud from the most affected areas.

The debate in Dubai is whether "artificial cloud seeding" is responsible for the historic storm.

In the United Arab Emirates, this technique has been used since the 90s to treat anomie as in many cases they can cause precipitation.

However, in this particular case, in response to rumors that a Dubai National Meteorological Center plane that flew on Sunday caused the disaster, meteorologists deny any connection. They say that it is impossible to cause such a flood by human reason.

What scientists are saying is that the increasingly hot temperatures of Dubai and, of course, the region and beyond have contributed to historically bad weather and will do so more often in the future. As they explain, warm air can hold more moisture (about 7% for each additional degree Celsius) which can increase the intensity of precipitation.

In the case of Dubai, the problem is not only the inadequate drainage system – as some streets do not even have drains and rainwater ends up in houses, or gets stuck in them. It's also the fact that the city of Dubai has few green spaces to absorb some of the humidity.

Experts say that the city must adapt to the new conditions and adapt its infrastructure to protect it from the new reality that climate change brings. Therefore, in addition to long periods of drought and heat – something normal for the desert in which it is built – be ready for heavy rainfall, capable of causing flooding phenomena.

Because this was the "bad weather of the century", the worst that Dubai has seen since 1949, when weather records are recorded, but probably not the last of this intensity that it will experience in the coming years.


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