DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--The United ... Many roads and other areas lack drainage given the lack of regular rainfall, causing flooding. Meanwhile in neighboring Oman, a sultanate that rests ...

Another extreme event last spring in Dubai also raised what scientists say is the unwarranted specter of a cloud-seeding conspiracy. That event also had several scientists speaking out, dousing ...

Dubai Police have honoured Shahvez Khan, a 28-year-old trainee auditor from India, with a police medal and a cash award of Dh1,000 for his bravery during last year’s April floods. Khan ...

People are concentrated in the big cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, coast-hugging refuges from the vast Arabian Desert hinterland. However, the country still needs groundwater, replenished by ...