They are just four of the hundreds of thousands of passengers who have been stranded by the unprecedented storm and flooding in Dubai. On a typical day, 250,000 people pass through the world’s ...

Unprecedented, torrential rainfall plunged parts of the United Arab Emirates underwater last week, bringing life to a standstill in Dubai and elsewhere. The flooding that resulted from the UAE’s ...

Jeff Masters, a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections, said the flooding in Dubai was caused by an unusually strong low pressure system that drove many rounds of heavy thunderstorms.

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 ...

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A December flooding incident in Dubai caught the attention of a conspiracy community on Reddit. Scientists say it is unlikely the extreme event was the result of an attempt to control the weather.