A record amount of rainfall was said to have caused 'absolute carnage' in Dubai on Tuesday - with schools closed, flights suspended and people working from home. More than 14cm of rain soaked the United Arab Emirates city on Tuesday - the heaviest rainfall there since records began in 1949, the state-run WAM news agency said.
Professor John Marsham, Met Office joint chair at the University of Leeds, said speculation around cloud seeding is a 'distraction from the real story here'. 'We know that man-made climate increases extreme rainfall - this is well understood physics as warm air holds more water.
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