A cloud-seeding rocket is launched in an attempt to make rain in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province of China.
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- Cloud seeding involves spraying salts into incoming storm clouds to increase rainfall.
- Photos show how the UAE, United States, and other countries have been seeding clouds for decades.
- Historic floods in Dubai didn't come from cloud seeding, but humans' climate impacts are playing a role.
As the desert city of Dubai flooded on Monday...