Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in the UAE have prompted flight cancellations and work-from-home for schools and companies. Parks and beaches were closed, and several airlines said they were experiencing delays and disruptions due to bad weather.
Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates on Thursday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change.
The UAE National Center of Meteorology (NCM) will conduct a field campaign in collaboration with US-based Stratton Park Engineering Company (SPEC) to investigate the performance of different cloud seeding materials. The project will involve coordinated flight missions using NCM s cloud seeding aircraft and SPEC s research Learjet aircraft. The campaign aims to enhance rainfall and promote innovative research in areas related to national priorities such as water security. In 2020, rain enhancement operations resulted in 280 million cubic meters of rainfall in the UAE.