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Cloud Seeding: What Is The Science Behind Artificial Rain? The Phenomenon Being Linked To Dubai Floods

Cloud seeding was performed for the first time in 1946. American chemist and meteorologist Vincent J Schaefer conducted this experiment. 

Dubai is hit by floods because the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been receiving heavy rains since April 16. The National Center of Meteorology, UAE, has described this as the largest amount of rainfall received by the country in the last 75 years. The Khatm Al Shakla area in Al Ain received 254.8 millimetres of precipitation in less than 24 hours. The average annual rainfall in Al Ain is 96 millimetres, which means that the city received more than two years worth of rainfall in a single
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Humidity: 97%
Wind: WNW 47km/h
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