The United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital of Dubai remains flooded after a deluge of rain that fell earlier this week.
By Tuesday, 142 millimetres had fallen in about 48 hours – which is about 50 per cent more than the annual total precipitation.
What is cloud seeding?
The UAE often uses cloud seeding to get the most water the desert country can.
Several reports, according to the Associated Press quoted meteorologists at the UAE National Center for Meteorology as saying they flew six or seven cloud-seeding flights before the rains.
Flight tracking websites showed only one such flight, according to The Associated Press.
The former NOAA chief scientist Ryan Maue told the Associated Press that the cause of the rain was “most certainly not cloud seeding.”
Weather reports spotted three low-pressure systems forming a train of storms before the rain fell.
University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann and other scientists said many of the people pointing to cloud seeding as the cause are also climate change deniers.
— with files from Global News’ Sean Previl and The Associated Press’ Jon Gambrell, Seth Borenstein and Brittany Peterson
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