Did Humans Create 52 Rainstorms in the Desert?

I am skeptical of this story that claims, "Technology created 50 rainstorms in Abu Dhabi's Al Ain region last year."

Yes, putting a charge on the particles would attract moisture, that seems solid. However, I don't know where the additional moisture to create the storms would have come from, after all it still is the desert.

The problem with evaluating intentional or inadvertent weather modification is there is no "parallel atmosphere" that we can experiment with to see what would have naturally occurred absent, in this case, the charged particles.  The explanation for more rain occurring than the long term average may have just been a relatively wet year.

Man has wanted to intentionally influence the weather since almost the beginning of time. We'll see whether this claim can withstand scientific scrutiny.

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