I once read that waves of higher frequency (such as around 1 GHz range and higher) have difficulty passing through water (or other liquids/solids).
Today, when I saw a cellphone tower, I wondered: "how are these towers able to transmit signals even when it's raining, or when its foggy?". I assume that when it's raining, a large surface area of the antenna will probably be covered with water. When it's foggy, there are lots of water droplets in the air that will block the path of the tower's waves.
My question is: what is the physics explanation of how electromagnetic waves of low vs high frequency are interacting with matter, and why higher frequency waves are better absorbed by matter than lower frequency (such as AM radio waves). I searched online for this, but had difficulty finding a well-explained physics explanation.
Then using that explanation, how are the high frequency cellphone tower waves still able to pass through the water? Is it just that the towers have a lot of power so although some energy is absorbed, a lot of energy is still able to pass through?