Dubai creates fake rain to deal with sweltering heat. Watch

Dubai is undergoing a sweltering summer. In fact, the temperatures in the place surpassed 50C at a point. To beat the heat, the UAE's National Center of Meteorology came up with a solution that resulted in monsoon-like downpour on the highways.

The enhanced rain is created using drone technology known as cloud seeding, reports Daily Mail. The innovative tech gives clouds an electric shock that makes then clump together to produce precipitation.

A video of the downpour was also shared on the official Twitter handle of UAE's National Centre of Meteorology. The video shows rain pouring down on a highway as the cars navigate through it.

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— المركز الوطني للأرصاد (@NCMS_media) July 20, 2021

They also shared a few more clips on Instagram :

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A few months ago, while talking about the technology, Alya Al-Mazroui, director of the UAE's rain-enhancement science-research program, told Arab News, 'Equipped with a payload of electric-charge emission instruments and customised sensors, these drones will fly at low altitudes and deliver an electric charge to air molecules, which should encourage precipitation.'

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