Flash flooding in Oman and UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years

Oman endured flash flooding with authorities reporting fatalities before the United Arab Emirates was hit by what the government described as the largest amount of rainfall in the past 75 years.
The rains began on Monday night, and by Tuesday evening the desert city of Dubai had received the average amount of rainfall it normally gets for the whole year.
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[@gavinbissell8847]

They cloud seeded 7 times before it happened

[@DougieL]

Are you suggesting that this is a result of cloud seeding? (It is public knowledge that they cloud seed in the UAE, however what makes you believe that this deluge is a result of cloud seeding please?)

[@MostafaAlsamurie]

😏هذه قوة الله ليس الاستمطار الذي يؤمنون به بعض الناس

[@DoveIvy]

It's not cloud seeding, if it's cloud seeding it will only rain but lightning and thunder also happened

[@jimstan1795]

​@@DougieLhe's not suggesting. He's making a statement. UAE spend like 20 million dollars for their little artificial weather modifications. They got what they want now 😂.

[@DougieL]

@@jimstan1795 You're not understanding the matter and possibly jumping to conclusions. If you understood the effort that goes into cloud seeding and also understood how weather radars and technology today enables us to forecast weather accurately, you might then realise that there would not have been any seeding going on, leading up to this downpour. Unless I misunderstand the point you are trying to put forward?

[@Luca-wc1sj]

Your headline should cover the fact that it's self-inflicted.

[@mattharvey515]

"Heaviest rainfall in 75 years." It's nothing new, then. Even The Guardian can't blame it on global warming.

[@marcuspd477]

So nobody is going to mention the elephant in the room then? That the UAE are playing at cloud seeding to create rain and ran 6 Cloud seeding flight missions in the 24 hours leading up to this? Feel free to check as the "Climate Fear" media won't announce it, you'll have to look.

[@dandlion7748]

Exactly..messing with the weather is not gonna end well.

[@Beyond_Belief534]

B b b but it wouldn't be misleading then....

[@DougieL]

Why is it self inflicted please?

[@Budanevey]

They've been messing about with cloud seeding...

[@Budanevey]

@@tancantbeatthe80s.91 _Photos of torrential Dubai flash floods show the downsides of trying to control the weather_ Business lnsider

[@Budanevey]

​@@tancantbeatthe80s.91 The Seattle Times is reporting it's cloud seeding...

[@Budanevey]

​@@tancantbeatthe80s.91 The Gulf state’s National Center of Meteorology dispatched seeding planes from Al Ain airport on Monday and Tuesday to take advantage of convective cloud formations...

[@HenryHobson-uc2bk]

that is precisely what is meant by "man made climate change"

[@lostit1006]

Propagates fear and facilitates conformance to the agenda

[@dandlion7748]

Wow who'd have thought.. all that geoengineering would have repercussions.

[@Beyond_Belief534]

Isn't it wonderfully misleading that the Journalists don't mention this?

[@suzann2531]

Yes they won’t mention that. I was reading an article in the Graza news this morning they confirmed it was due to cloud seeding. Lovely pictures of the thunder storms and lightning.

[@xploreourterra6096]

Simple :- Dubai is nothing before Nature's immense power ! Never underestimate the power of our planet

[@rossco6651]

And… the cloud seeding that took place only days before…???

[@aliraq1672]

عن أي طبيعة تتحدث هذا الأمر من الله الواحد الأحد الذي اشركتم به والعياذ بالله

[@MrSBGames]

Maybe they should stop messing around with cloud seeding and weather manipulation then.

[@Chief]

agreed, its getting so obvious

[@danielehiagwina]

​@@harunmahdielmi5498And then nature will respond with triple the deluge they've now experienced

[@umairiftikhar8863]

وبدلاً من مساعدة فلسطين، عندما يتم بناء مثل هذا المعبد الضخم للهندوس في دبي، وعندما لا يعاني أي أخ مسلم آخر، فإن عقاب الله سيأتي هناك.

[@xploreourterra6096]

Never underestimate the power of our Earth, remember that we're living on this tiny blue planet in the vast empty space

[@kvm1992]

Space is not empty.

[@CrazyLeyther]

@@kvm1992No, but there’s a lot of empty space!

[@BGAUGE]

Have you ever heard of geo engineering it’s real it’s here and it’s called cloud seeding

[@marcuspd477]

So nobody is going to mention the elephant in the room then? That the UAE are playing at cloud seeding to create rain and ran 6 Cloud seeding flight missions in the 24 hours leading up to this? Feel free to check as the "Climate Fear" media won't announce it, you'll have to look.

[@martin96991]

​@@BGAUGEeveryone heard of it, it's not new.

[@Kumud24944]

Artificially induced rain went out of control

[@mattharvey515]

"Heaviest rainfall in 75 years." So it's nothing new, then. Even the Guardian can't blame it on global warming.

[@mattharvey515]

P.S. The desert (and the planet) is greening with help from the tiny increase in CO2 (0.02% increase). But The Guardian will not tell you that.

[@potnoogle5780]

What a belter.

[@marcuspd477]

So nobody is going to mention the elephant in the room then? That the UAE are playing at cloud seeding to create rain and ran 6 Cloud seeding flight missions in the 24 hours leading up to this? Feel free to check as the "Climate Fear" media won't announce it, you'll have to look.

[@paolagratsos6201]

Oh dear… I do hope you realize that 75 years I s a nano second in evolutionary terms… Also no one disputes the normal climate blips that naturally can occur. It’s that humans’ activities speed everything up so extremes will become the norm to a point that life in certain places will be impossible and there’ll be mass migrations.

[@NapoleonGelignite]

Oh dear. Leave the science alone - it will only make you emotional.

[@KrystStarOne]

Let’s keep talking about the cloud seeding and weather control that they are ramping up all over the world (where they can get away with it) 😅

[@marcuspd477]

If they create extreme weather, the sheep are more likely to accept tax rises and less freedoms, all in the name of WEF Climate tax and fear.

[@angelakadeer1565]

Tennessee has banned it !!!!!

[@imaculatejohn5309]

Good🇮🇳 morning very badly flooded in oman/Dubai stay safe/healthy have 🇮🇳a safe journey day.

[@aliraq1672]

لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله علي ولي الله

[@jdmguy44]

Oh dear. Trouble in "paradise".

[@user-ss1gk7zn5f]

Alhumdulilah

[@Skull211]

What?!!!

[@MyHanck]

Praying for the UAE and Oman people affected by the flooding

[@johnross2924]

Gods not listening!

[@K9Allegedly]

Not even one drain 😩

[@harrickvharrick3957]

Difficult with all that loose dessert sand. Drains clog up easily in such an environment!

[@johnnylatham9738]

GeoEngineering, not Climate Change..just look up!

[@DougieL]

It is public knowledge that they cloud seed in the UAE. Are you suggesting that this deluge of rain is a result of cloud seeding? If so, please can you share where you have this information from? (I know an engineer or two that would love to be able to seed this much rain for our hydro reservoirs here in Australia. Our cloud seeding doesn't generate a quarter if this much and any new tips and tricks would be great to understand.) Thanks!!

[@Thaddeus-ml8if]

How much rain?

[@Adam-se8xp]

Wehn your only think for your Desires and not helping your Brothers and Sisters in Palestine, that happens....

[@martin96991]

People of these countries must be happy seeing rain ☔ after a long time, I would be happy too.

[@bikedawg]

They have windshield wipers in Dubai??

[@briangable08]

When I worked in Oman we had flash flooding a couple of times in the 80's if you have no soil to absorb the water to hold it back it goes rapidly to the lowest point, I was also in Dubai and Sharjah in the 60's no buildings a few villages, Nothing to see here in the 21 st century that has not happened in the recent past.

[@shanefrance5071]

No place is safe now 😮

[@marcuspd477]

So nobody is going to mention the elephant in the room then? That the UAE are playing at cloud seeding to create rain and ran 6 Cloud seeding flight missions in the 24 hours leading up to this? Feel free to check as the "Climate Fear" media won't announce it, you'll have to look.

[@antonioau_gb89]

Lisan al gaib, who shall bring back water and green paradise

[@Bigbroofsticles]

Looks like they seeded a little too much.

[@0KXNE]

Oh man!

[@melboytorres1198]

once in 75 years? imagine Philippines experiencing that 20x per year

[@santoshmohare1637]

Save Earth Save People 🙏🙏🙏

[@divineXO0]

As an Omani citizen in muscat , I didn’t see this.?

[@daybyday6002]

Nice, wow,beautiful munafik all badsha

[@cjhards]

Cloud seeding and chemtrailling has come home to roost imo

[@Tymbus]

LOL

[@DougieL]

Fortunately IMO is not scientific consensus.

[@Tymbus]

@@DougieL or even true

[@DougieL]

@@Tymbus Exactly right

[@andrewphilip3308]

Calm down. There'll be a nice show of flowers in the desert.

[@marcuspd477]

So nobody is going to mention the elephant in the room then? That the UAE are playing at cloud seeding to create rain and ran 6 Cloud seeding flight missions in the 24 hours leading up to this? Feel free to check as the "Climate Fear" media won't announce it, you'll have to look.

[@joancampbell4130]

I've seen pictures of the dessert blooming.It's stunning!

[@Drew_Sebastian]

When you go extra it's comes extra.

[@soloconstructorgirl]

This is the answer from a friend in Oman: "In oman happens every year and we have cyclones 🌀 but ppl or news dont talk about coz its not Dubai Dubi a bit of heavy rain and every shocked lol since year 1999 we gat cyclones almost every year. Worst one in 2007 called Guno then 2nd worse was 2022 July that passed over my apartment and many houses and ppl died but was not as bad as guno."

[@rayerickson7614]

The RainMaker was Here.

[@gloria2340]

Thr universe has had enough of the war now the earth's paying!

[@fontende]

Rain in desert? How is that possible? 😱

[@Skull211]

Summer in Antarctica? No way!💀

[@captainplatinum]

Gods work

[@stevenjohnson7442]

This is one thing Dubai, can't cope with as it hardly ever rains in that part of the world.

[@bmuzzammil]

Great weather for picnic 🎉

[@fosm24]

im in oman right now and theres a flooded road next to us thankfully it dinot hit us but it still raining

[@beyourselfbrave4115]

😂😂😂 They simply haven't got the infrastructure!!! They have built skyscrapers without infrastructure.....no surprise there

[@user-ry6uf5dp1l]

They don’t have drainage pipes

[@katrinabillings7011]

They probably didn’t bother to put any drainage systems in because it ‘never rains’. Ooops.

[@Gaming4kidz123]

The Cloud Seeding was on May 2nd not April 16th

[@OMARKHAN970]

Alhamdulillah

[@Johnhavesta4133]

Stay safe

[@bigblackchocolate-zv7tu]

Habibi go from Dubai!

[@leonangelo6317]

There is a profecy that UAE will be drowned

[@SaibabuDasari-no3kl]

Humans crossed nature limits

[@harrickvharrick3957]

I did NOT see any cars "floating" in your video, they are still driving in the footage those words were put underneath in the subtitling!

[@channelI748]

Military actions in the region upset the bloud seeding

[@ghayasmuhammad2836]

Help Gaza people

[@Willsilverun32]

They cloud seeded and caused a disaster

[@Beyond_Belief534]

Operation Cumulus 35 deaths

[@WeveGotBush]

Well people now we know how it is done.

[@egeyanggun5428]

Inna lillāhi wa inna ilaihi roji'un...

[@_hanaaa_._]

The day is near...!!

[@potnoogle5780]

They used to too much chemidrome or whatever it is called. Let the dessert sand or sea take the uae under the ground.

[@samsuddinshaikh4277]

mashallah 😂😂😂

[@536767676533766]

don t worry they will buy the weather soon for 1 billion doller lol

[@retriever7061]

In Russia, too, the most powerful snowfalls were in the winter and the most powerful flood for 100 years is happening now. But Russian experts a year ago claimed that an additional 1 percent of the world annual emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which occurred from a hole in the Northern Stream pipe, would not affect the climate at all, because "every year much more methane flows into the atmosphere through bad pipelines connectors. "

[@assh4859]

as you pointed out, most powerful for 100 years, which means 100 years ago when global warming as you said was much better it still happened so try using your brain and solve this mystery

[@rupertgabriel7068]

Mother nature thank you for reminding me that is you in control

[@Zuleika_1]

Nope your wrong this was no Mother Nature this was daddy leader of UAE

[@ItsYaBoiBaller]

Blame this on the govt not the people

[@leavemyrightsalone]

Cloud seeding = rain... rain.... and too much rain. When the ingredients are wrong thee get the wrong outcome. Think about all that money that has to be created to recover from this. Get your printing presses ready.

[@stephenmcgreevy9650]

Weather Generator Dubai

[@anam.caballerowilson9421]

Team green is going back😁

[@angelakadeer1565]

In a word GEOENGINEERING !!!

[@Zuleika_1]

Help Palestinians 🇵🇸 Stop cloud seeding oh I hope The temple is ok 🤨😏 Astaghfirullah

[@ItsYaBoiBaller]

20 people were killed in the floods and u feel the need to talk about palestine? What a world. People died in this, have some remorse this isnt even related to it

[@His.Garage]

Habibi Don't come to Dubai 😂

[@otyice190]

to much war

[@inayatlaghmani3194]

They protecting their air space 😂

[@rajavishnuvardhana6830]

Habibi come to dubai😅

[@Zuleika_1]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@wali7458]

Sorry cow, visa declinded. We know what you did to Brazilian woman

[@garymanion5150]

thats why okay

[@7th.trumpet]

Allahu akbar 👍🏻

[@kityfitz]

Alan’s Snack Bar 😂

[@VBlueStar3]

Karma

[@AbdulHamid-fb1nh]

It’s just because our widespread non-stop sins.

[@bones6821]

Too taste the weather before putting salt to it please

[@gramcofoods-yg1rg]

Gobarg se!

[@jaswindersingh-ov3bi]

free helicopter ride 😂

[@IDONOTCARE-zb7ps]

Is not my problem

[@justinganaden7149]

I don't know, but if you want rain, you also need to have a drain. Because, with too much rain, your grain will be destroyed without any drain. - Tongue Twister (Arab Ver. 2024)

[@patrickreade6119]

Will they now stop extracting and selling oil? No.

[@mikewinston8709]

Poor Oman. My fave holiday destination. I so hope the Chedi hasn’t been trashed again.

[@changwillneverdie9378]

Wow what a coincidence. Operation popeye..

[@ArabicReja973]

The rest of the world is urgently cutting carbon emission, - China 🇨🇳 determines to accelerate its emission until 2030. Thanks China!

[@andrewphilip3308]

you are a believer .....

[@pjj177]

​@@andrewphilip3308 a dribbler more like ....

[@marcuspd477]

So nobody is going to mention the elephant in the room then? That the UAE are playing at cloud seeding to create rain and ran 6 Cloud seeding flight missions in the 24 hours leading up to this? Feel free to check as the "Climate Fear" media won't announce it, you'll have to look.

[@ange1098]

Nothing to do with carbon and more to do with cloud seeding and chem spraying the skies.

[@michaeliredale4545]

How is that cloud seeding going boys, LOL

[@user-dn7fd5ht4e]

Yeh smart City 😅😅😅😮😢😢😂😂

[@abutorab1004]

Free Palestine

[@garymanion5150]

why would they take down.there only world they know

[@Valgkountio]

Dubai welcome to HAARP world....

[@nongothungtungoe9180]

Mess with nature and nature messed you up

[@lw1zfog]

UN ENMOD CONVENTION 1977

[@ShamsMaghdum-zz9je]

I wannna Learn Arabic and work in oman police

[@precious_son]

They messed up with the nature..

[@sparkyopie11]

Heaviest rain since Israel's Birthday is what your saying.

[@justalightworker]

Karma!

[@Rosedessables406]

PLUS, BESOINS DE , VOITURES De LUXE , ILS RESTE LE CHAPEAU ,LA PAUVRE BÊTE S'IL S.'EST PAS NOYÉ,BEY,BEY,. DUBAÏ, VIVE LA PALESTINE VIVE LE PEUPLE PALESTINIENS SANS VIVE LES HOUTHIS YÉMÉNITES 🌿 SOUTIENS INCONDITIONNELS À L'IRAN 🦋

[@chrisbartholomew54]

Wait I thought weather was getting worse. Your headline says it was worse 75 years ago. How do you square that circle. Bill Gates comic talking rubbish as ever

[@tentringer4065]

You can't grasp the fact that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent?

[@DirtyDingusMcGee]

Mustafa dinghy 😂

[@giftoflife365]

Part of the process involved in greening of the desert.

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

I hope israel is not behind these weird rainfalls in middle east

[@Azka_sammy_yusuf]

Ofc not