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... using electrical charges from drones to manipulate the weather and force rainfall across the desert nation.
The new method of cloud seeding shows promise in helping to mitigate drought conditions worldwide, without as many environmental concerns as previous methods involving salt flares.
According to research from the University of Reading in the U.K., scientists created the storms using drones, which hit clouds with electricity, creating large raindrops. The larger raindrops are essential in the hot country, where smaller droplets often evaporate before ever hitting the ground.
It's true that the UAE is trying to seed clouds to increase rainfall, but the video linked above doesn't show the UAE being flooded. At the 35 second mark there's a scene of cars driving on a road drenched in rain, and the cars are driving on the left side of the road, such as in Britain, Japan, New Zealand, or Australia.
There's an instagram video in this article from the WaPo. The article describes the effort by the UAE to seed clouds to cause rain, and the video shows cars driving in the rain in the UAE - and those vehicles are driving on the right side of the road.
Rain not hitting the ground is called virga. I see it around here from time to time.
In a hot dry climate, I can understand larger drops being somewhat helpful, but I would think that getting sufficient rain to fall to create a shaft of increased humidity would be more effective. That is how a lot of the storms in south Florida work. Rain (or hail) builds up in the cloud to a point where it gets too heavy and falls out. You can watch as the first part seems to only get partway, then it works down at some point soon after.
This summer we've had no rain since mid June here, nor have we had much in the way of clouds unless you count smoke from the hundreds of wildfires....Can't make rain without moisture in the air.
They have been trying this since the 1940s. The theory has been around since the last 19th century. The results are questionable. There was speculation is was a factor in the 1972 flood that hit Rapid City, SD. However, the evidence presented does not support that conclusion.
This becomes a hot topic during dry years. When we mess with weather the unintended consequences are rarely good. There are conditions that are needed to make it rain. Like clouds with a high moisture content and some substance like dry ice or other chemicals to help form droplets to cause it to rain.
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