Dubai artificially creating rainstorms with drones and electricity

Dubai is making it rain in a sweltering desert by zapping clouds with electricity using drones. A similar process has actually been going on for decades by using aircraft, cannons, and now drones to push silver iodide up into the atmosphere to heat clouds and make them rain-producing. Silver iodide has the same crystalized structure as ice, but it could be dangerous to aquatic life. So in Dubai, theytook a fleet of drones into cloud cover to use electricity, instead of silver iodide, to heat the clouds. FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg explains what’s happening and what’s next. More: It’s the best of Good Day Tampa Bay, all day! FOX 13 Tampa Bay brings you the important videos like breaking news, Tampa Bay weather, and local stories. But also plenty of fun stuff, like #WeLiveHere tips, the best of our archives, and all those ’only-in-Florida’ stories. Subscribe to FOX 13 News: More Good Day Tampa Bay videos: More #WeLiveHere videos: Watch FOX 13 News live: Watch more FOX 13 News stories: Download our app: Get our newsletter: