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Cloud seeding helps induce rain as Riau continues to battle wildfires
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A week-long operation aims to disperse 8,500kg of table salt for seeding clouds to induce rain.
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JAKARTA – A weather modification operation in Riau conducted by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has been deemed a success in producing rain to help battle the wildfires raging in the province
The BNPB sent a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on Feb 16 to Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base in Pekanbaru for the week-long operation, which aims to disperse 8,500kg of table salt, or sodium chloride (NaCl), for seeding clouds to induce rain.
