The head of Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said an air force plane was sent up to shoot salt flares into the clouds in an attempt to get them to release water and break up
A damaged car after heavy rain brought flash floods and landslides in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, on May 12.Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country’s Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 58 people dead and another 35 missing.
He said that 58 bodies had been pulled from mud and rivers by Wednesday, mostly in the worst-hit Agam and Tanah Datar districts, while rescuers are searching for 35 people who are reportedly missing. About 33 villagers were injured. Indonesia’s technology agency, known as BPPT, said in a statement that all rain clouds moving towards the four West Sumatra’s districts will be shot with sodium chloride, or salt.
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