DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting travel through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel.
The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.” That’s before the discovery of crude oil in this energy-rich nation then part of a British protectorate known as the Trucial States.
Rain also fell in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. However, the rains were acute across the UAE. One reason may have been “cloud seeding,” in which small planes flown by the government go through clouds burning special salt flares. Those flares can increase precipitation.
Defense and security among key issues in EU Parliament elections, survey shows
Kipyegon and Duplantis set to star in Xiamen
Raptors hand Wizards franchise
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 32,490: ministry
Xinjiang forward Abdusalam wins CBA MVP award
Farmers create vibrant scenes of spring farming in SW China's Sichuan
Leverkusen in trouble finding suitable spot to celebrate
Georgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority
Pic story of cultural relics guardian at Faxing Temple in N China