Emergency workers tried to clear waterlogged roads and people assessed the damage to homes and businesses after a rare rainstorm swamped the United Arab Emirates.
What caused Dubai floods? Experts cite climate change, not cloud seeding
A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes.
Warning Of “Weather Wars” Amid Debate Around Cloud Seeding And Dubai Rain
Several meteorological experts don’t agree with the theory that cloud seeding was responsible for Dubai rain, and the theory has caused a debate in the community.
Dubai’s Flood Nightmare: Artificial Rain Experiment Backfires
Heavy rains have wreaked havoc in Dubai, where former T-Ara member Soyeon now lives. Record-breaking downpours have flooded the streets and threatened to disrupt airport operations. Soyeon shared a …
Emerge to deliver solar energy facility for Dubai Maritime City
Emerge was formed in 2021 to develop distributed solar, energy storage, and hybrid solutions for commercial and industrial applications …
Historic rains in UAE: Artificial rain or climate at play?
Explore UAE’s historic rainfall and its surrounding buzz. The extreme weather phenomenon has sparked debates on artificial rain v/s climate change.
Clean Hydrogen’s Best Bet May Be a Rainforest State in Borneo
The oil-rich Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo is aiming to transform itself into a center for clean hydrogen energy, betting that its ability to harness an abundance of hydropower can help it defy …
Emerge Partners with Dubai Maritime City to Power Staff Accommodation with 1,700 Solar PV Modules
Emerge, a joint venture between Masdar and EDF Group, has signed an agreement to install a 980kWp rooftop solar plant for Dubai Maritime City that will offset 780 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year.The …
Huawei uses AI to accelerate network intelligence
Huawei also said it aims to use AI with the aim of enhancing the competitiveness of the company’s products and solutions …
UAE: DEWA concludes its participation in World Future Energy Summit 2024
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)’s stand at the World Future Energy Summit 2024, hosted by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) from April 16-18, 2024 at the Abu Dhabi National …
Pilot of first solar flight plans first hydrogen flight from Abu Dhabi
Piccard said he wants to embark on the first-ever nonstop hydrogen-powered flight around the globe in 2018 with Abu Dhabi as the starting point …
Jokowi-Tony Blair Discuss UAE Solar Panel Investment in IKN
The Tony Blair Institute will facilitate further discussions on solar panel investment cooperation from the UAE.
EWEC launches RFPs for 1.5GW solar PV project in Abu Dhabi
Last year, it announced that the UAE should increase its solar PV generation capacity sixfold to 7.3GW by 2030, due to a rise in power demand and growing supply chain insecurity following the Covid-19 …
Dubai Metro Resumes Operations on Some Routes After Rain
Officials revealed that the Dubai Metro resumed operations for some routes along the Red and Green lines on Thursday, Apr. 18.Read More: Inbound Flights Resume to Dubai Airport’s T1 Dubai’s Roads and …
Dubai airport struggles to resume flights after heavy rains leave runways underwater
Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs, was still in disarray Thursday after unprecedented heavy rain led to massive airplanes having to negotiate flooded runways and …
Viral Video: Dubai’s Sky Turns Green Amid Heavy Rain And Storm
One video that viral on social media is a time-lapse clip that shows the grey sky turning into hazy green, indicative of the rainstorm. The 23-second video, posted on April 17, features the caption: …
Was Dubai flooding caused by cloud seeding? Experts offer view on ‘once in a generation’ rainfall
Professor Suzanne Gray, Professor of Meteorology at the University of Reading, said: “Satellite imagery suggests the flooding and rainstorms Dubai were caused by something called a mesoscale …