Dubai left UNDERWATER as torrential rain floods airport, roads and shopping malls
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Published 2024-04-16
The glitzy city has come to a standstill as a years worth of rainfall fell in 24-hours leaving roads swamped underwater, schools and shops closed and airports plunged into carnage with one person dead.
The United Arab Emirates has relied on the cloud seeding phenomenon for decades.
It sees aircraft operators on the ground manipulating the weather to help with the dry, arid climate and make it a more liveable place.
Cloud seeding generally involves the government flying small planes through clouds which burn salt flares that can increase precipitation.
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All Comments (21)
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Mother Nature showing who really has the power.
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Some context here - the yearly average for Dubai rainfall is 80mm total. Yesterday 255mm of rain fell in less than 24 hours. Just for context, the average YEARLY rainfall in London is 585mm. It was a huge storm.
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Every city should have drainage, even in places with little rain, expect the unexpected.
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Nature can not be bought with oil money….
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Dubai about to turn into a tropical oasis
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All the money they invest into the buildings and such in this overrated city, yet they didnt care to create a descent sewer system.
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At least the airplane can swim
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Cloud seeding gone wrong.
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I liked this style of presenting information. No explanation or commentary, simply pictures/videos
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Wow! It seems like this city doesn't have the best drainage system.
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Keep safe everyone 🙏🙏🙏
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Praying for my Dubai brothers 😢😢
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Smh...rivers in the desert...biblical
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Insurance company left the chat 😂😂😂
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Oil comes first buildings 2nd one day we will do a draining system 3rd
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No projeto da cidade esqueceram dos drenos subterrâneos. Que vergonhoso para uma cidade contemporânea.
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That’s what happens when you over do it with Cloud Seeding . Southern California is having issues with insane amounts of rain; especially in the Low Desert (Coachella Valley)
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I never thought I will see this in my lifetime !!!😮😮😮😮
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Maybe less artificial islands and more drainage next time?
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They've been seeding!!! Everybody in Dubai knows this has absolutely nothing to do with... climate change?? 🤣🤣
