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A British couple are tucking up for the night at Dubai International Airport after their 50th wedding anniversary ended in disarray when a historic storm hit the desert nation.
Thousands of people have been left stranded at the transport hub desperate for information after Tuesday’s torrential rain, described “as a historic weather event” that surpassed anything documented since records began in 1949.
The storm had initially hit Oman on Sunday, where at least 20 people are reported to have died, before the torrential rain pounded the UAE on Tuesday, knocking out power and causing huge disruptions to flights as runways were turned into rivers.
Following Tuesday’s flooding, questions were raised over whether cloud seeding, a process that the UAE frequently conducts, could have caused the heavy rains. Cloud seeding is a process in which chemicals are …