Fire at Jebel Ali oil waste disposal site put out
DUBAI: The Dubai Civil Defence teams on Monday put out a fire that broke out at an oil waste disposal site in the Jebel Ali Industrial Area, located far from factories in the zone.
The Dubai Media Office tweeted the photos of the Dubai Civil Defence teams dousing the fire at the accident site. The site saw heavy smoke due to the burning of oil waste. An official pointed out that the accident is under control and there are no injuries.
The Dubai Civil Defence teams carried out cooling operations at the site of an oil waste disposal site located in a deserted area in the Jebel Ali Industrial Area.
In a separate development, the National Centre ofmeteorology(ncm)haslaunchedanewsupercomputer built by Hewlet Packard Enterprise to advance weather forecasting and overall climate research.
The supercomputer, named “Atmosphere,” uses the HPE Cray EX system, an end-to-end highperformancecomputing(hpc)liquid-cooledplaform customisedtodeliveradvancedperformanceacross computing, accelerated computing, sotware, storage and networking.
The combined technologies help the NCM’S researchers improve modelling, simulation, artificial intelligence and deep learning capabilities to process complex data, increase accuracy, and predict weather events faster.
Drabdullaalmandous,director-generalofncm and President of the Regional Association II (Asia) of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), said, “At the NCM, we are dedicated to providing the UAE with operational weather forecasting to provide real-time forecasts and alerts that inform local entities and citizens, and most importantly, help ensure safety. We are also commited to gaining a deeperunderstandingoftheclimateanditscomplex paterns, and to developing innovative technologies that can increase sustainability.”
Al Mandous added, “By hosting this state-of-theart supercomputer, the UAE is now the first country to operate the most powerful liquid-cooled system, based on the HPE Cray EX, for national weather centres across the Middle East and Africa.”
Billmannel,vicepresidentandgeneralmanager, High Performance Computing, HPE, said, “HPEpowered supercomputers support the majority of the world’s weather forecasting needs, whether it is to improve the predictability of a hurricane’s landfall or to anticipate the spread and impact of wildfires. World-leading organisations such as the NCM apply the power of supercomputing to gain insights on weather and climate that are critical to decisionmaking and ensuring local and national safety.”