DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Since the desert nation of the United Arab Emirates saw its heaviest rainfall on record three months ago, it has issued multiple warnings about what activists say is a surge in dengue fever, which has hit hardest among the vast majority of its working-class population. The tropical disease, spread… Read More »
With miles of sandy shores, Dubai’s beaches come in all shapes and styles. There are pristine public beaches with free facilities and sun loungers for rent. The busiest stretches are serviced by water sports centres and family-friendly food trucks and eateries, while more private barefoot luxury can be found at one of Dubai’s ever-growing designer… Read More »
The family of a “beautiful and kind” woman found dead in her apartment in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have said it would be “completely out of character” for her to commit suicide. Rhian Louise Wright, 31, from Blackburn, moved to Dubai in 2014. On November 13 last year, police were called to Rhian’s home after… Read More »
A Surrey woman who smuggled 18 bags containing £6.8 million worth of dirty cash on a flight to Dubai has been spared jail. CCTV footage at Heathrow airport shows Samantha Horst, 51, from Staines-upon-Thames, smuggling an estimated £1.3 million worth inside three safes before her trip in September 2020. He was part of an international… Read More »
Circumstantial evidence points to climate change worsening the deadly deluge that inundated Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists have failed to discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-induced warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, according to a new report. to create. Between 10 percent and 40 percent more… Read More »
The record-breaking rain that fell on the United Arab Emirates and Oman this month, triggering deadly floods and chaos, was partly caused by the climate crisis, according to a scientific analysis published on Thursday that points directly to humans burning fossil fuels. A team of 21 scientists and researchers as part of the World Weather… Read More »
Circumstantial evidence shows that: climate change The deadly deluge that inundated Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf is getting worse, but scientists have failed to discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-induced warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report has found. In just one day last week, parts… Read More »
A reckless experiment in Earth’s atmosphere resulted in the flooding of a desert metropolis. This was the story last week when more than a year’s worth of rain fell in one day in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the driest regions in the world. Desert cities such as Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)… Read More »
Cloud seeding involves spraying salt into incoming storm clouds to increase precipitation. Photos show how the UAE, US and other countries have been seeding clouds for decades. Historic floods in Dubai were not caused by cloud spreading, but human climate impacts play a role. As the desert city of Dubai was flooded on Monday, onlookers… Read More »
IIn a place as dry as the desert city of Dubai, whenever it rains, they get it. United Arab Emirates officials will often even try to make it rain, as they did earlier this week when the National Meteorological Center sent planes to inject chemicals into clouds to produce downpours. But this time they got… Read More »