Geography class: Dubai battles flood waters as historic storm causes chaos
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IB DP Geography — Freshwater
Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:
Dubai battles flood waters as historic storm causes chaos
Use the information in the article to quantify how much rain fell in Dubai
Suggest ways in which Dubai’s infrastructure ‘made a bad flood worse’
Outline why the effects of the flooding may be felt beyond Dubai
Suggest why the UAE has a government body that oversees cloud seeding
Richard Allaway, International School of Geneva/geographyalltheway.com
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