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Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods

A rainstorm in the United Arab Emirates was intensified by climate change, noted by the World Weather Attribution group involving researchers worldwide.
Rain events like the recent one have become 10 to 40% more intense due to human-induced climate change.
In Dubai, over 14 centimeters of rain fell in 24 hours, equivalent to a year and a half of rainfall in the desert city.

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CBC News

Dubai deluge likely made worse by warming world, scientists find

A powerful rainstorm that wreaked havoc on the desert nation of the United Arab Emirates last week was likely made more intense because of climate change, a team of international scientists has found.

14 days ago·Canada

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KIFI

Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods

By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — The record-breaking rain that fell over the United Arab Emirates and Oman this month, triggering deadly floods and chaos, was driven partly by the climate crisis, according to a scientific analysis published Thursday, which pointed directly at humans burning fossil fuels. A team of 21 scientists and researchers, under the World Weather Attribution initiative, found that climate change was making extreme rainfall even…

14 days ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Le Monde

Dubai underwater: climate change has amplified historic rains

The torrential rains that killed 24 people in the UAE and Oman on April 15 and 16 were 10% to 40% more intense as a result of climate change, according to a World Weather Attribution study.

14 days ago·Paris, France

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Bon Pote

Deadly floods and mass disinformation in Dubai

On April 14 and 15, 2024, entire regions of the Arabian Peninsula were affected by extreme rainfall. More than 14cm of rain fell in Dubai in 24 hours, equivalent to one and a half years of rainfall; this is the highest drop in rainfall in the United Arab Emirates since [...]

14 days ago

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