The United Arab Emirates has officially denied allegations that its cloud seeding operations contributed to the recent severe flooding in Dubai. The National Center of Meteorology, which oversees the UAE's cloud seeding program, confirmed that no weather modification activities were conducted prior to the storms that led to the flooding. This response comes amid speculations that the UAE's longstanding weather modification techniques could have influenced the weather patterns resulting in the floods.
UAE Denies Rumors That Cloud Seeding Caused Record-Breaking Flooding https://t.co/6qaFnwQLKV https://t.co/aGTXiit5Pf
The UAE has a longstanding cloud-seeding program, but it didn't cause the flooding this week in Dubai and along the Arabian peninsula. https://t.co/gR9O04I8QE
The National Center of Meteorology, a government task force responsible for cloud seeding missions in the United Arab Emirates, says it had not carried out the weather modification technique in the run-up to the heavy storms that caused flooding in Dubai. https://t.co/r4Te1CjPS9
The UAE has a longstanding cloud-seeding program, but it didn't cause the flooding this week in Dubai and along the Arabian peninsula https://t.co/zoOvGQ91Fi
UAE government unit denies cloud seeding took place before Dubai floods https://t.co/mtR3fBIy83