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Vedika BAHL

No, the Dubai floods weren’t caused by cloud seeding

TRUTH OR FAKE © FRANCE 24

After a year's worth of rain hammered the UAE in a single day, bringing the country to a standstill, speculation soared that cloud seeding  – a process that involves small planes flying through clouds while dispersing substances to induce precipitation  – was to blame for the severity of the deluge. Though the UAE does conduct cloud seeding to address water shortages, experts point to climate change as a more likely factor. Vedika Bahl explains why the theories are false in this episode of Truth or Fake.

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