They are just four of the hundreds of thousands of passengers who have been stranded by the unprecedented storm and flooding in Dubai. On a typical day, 250,000 people pass through the world’s ...

Another extreme event last spring in Dubai also raised what scientists say is the unwarranted specter of a cloud-seeding conspiracy. That event also had several scientists speaking out, dousing ...

Jeff Masters, a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections, said the flooding in Dubai was caused by an unusually strong low pressure system that drove many rounds of heavy thunderstorms.

Scientists do not attribute Dubai's extensive flooding and rainfall to cloud seeding, especially because of the lack of controlled studies to test. "Even if cloud seeding did occur, it would take ...

U.S. Senate Democrats huddled for hours on Wednesday plotting a course forward on a stopgap funding bill passed by the Republican-controlled House, with only two more days remaining before a ...

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