Indonesian authorities are turning to the technique of cloud seeding to try to stop more rain falling in the flood-hit capital Jakarta.

Planes have been sent to inject chemicals into clouds in an effort to alter precipitation.

Jakarta and surrounding districts have struggled to cope since a storm on New Year's Eve left large areas underwater.

At least 43 people are known to have died, with some 192,000 evacuated, and more rain is expected.

According to Reuters news agency, two planes have been sent up to shoot salt flares into the clouds, which will hopefully make them break before they reach the Jakarta region.

"All clouds moving towards the Greater Jakarta area, which are estimated to lead to precipitation there, will be shot with NaCl (sodium chloride) material," Indonesia's technology agency BPPT explained in a statement.

The Indonesian disaster management agency said it was using inflatable boats to rescue stranded families. A dozen people remain missing.

By Friday morning, the clean-up operation was under way. On Thursday, authorities had used hundreds of pumps to try to lower water levels in residential areas and around public infrastructure, like the railways.

But even in areas where the water has receded, mud and debris are preventing many residents from returning home.

Floods are common in the city around this time of year, and are among the reasons President Joko Widodo plans to move the capital to East Borneo in the next few years.

Mr Widodo blamed the severity of current disaster on delays in flood control infrastructure projects.

It is the worst flooding in the area since 2013.

Jakarta, home to millions of people, is one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world and experts say it could be entirely submerged by 2050.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50981453

May the soul of lives lost to flooding Rest in Peace.

What is cloud seeding? Try and reattach the photos properly

dominique:
What is cloud seeding? Try and reattach the photos properly

NaCl (sodium chloride aka common table salt) is hygroscopic, meaning it absorb moisture from its surrounding and from the atmosphere around it. The knowledge of this property of salt is what is used to 'seed cloud', cloud seeding is a process of spraying chemicals usually NaCl into the atmosphere to absorb atmospheric precipitation. This will induce changes in rainfall or snowfall pattern and time.

Previously, Silver iodide or potassium iodide etc were used for this purpose.

dominique:
What is cloud seeding? Try and reattach the photos properly

Done Ma

dominique:
What is cloud seeding? Try and reattach the photos properly

Please, i send you a mail through Nairaland mailing system. I would love if you can respond.

Regards!

Something wey our ancestors don de do since time immemorial! Contact my Benin people with a bottle of schnapps and it's done in no time .

kingreign:

NaCl (sodium chloride aka common table salt) is hygroscopic, meaning it absorb moisture from its surrounding and from the atmosphere around it. The knowledge of this property of salt is what is used to 'seed cloud', cloud seeding is a process of spraying chemicals usually NaCl into the atmosphere to absorb atmospheric precipitation. This will induce changes in rainfall or snowfall pattern and time.

Previously, Silver iodide or potassium iodide etc were used for this purpose.

I've googled it. Should they not be preventing rainfall rather than induce it?

Nice move by their government

Thank God say no be naija

Chai

Yu

Our major Natural disaster in Nigeria is Buhari and Boko Haram.

ok. hopefully it works for them. we are battling with harmattan here o. Abeg what's the way forward?

Let them contact me. My ancestors were rainmakers. Anyi na ra mmiri, ne Ji ya.

For 50k$ I'll stop d rain.

dominique:


I've googled it. Should they not be preventing rainfall rather than induce it?

Depends on if they want rain or they don't
Just like UAE it's not as hot as few year ago
They are inducing more rain through cloud seeding every year and now the weather is turning to Europe like weather

So Lagos floods are still in primary level,
So this is the way the people of Jakarta used to usher in their new year.
RIP to the departed souls.

I was touched by the baby pic

Really sad coming to this world in such a state

Check my signature

Isreal prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu retreat for defensive measure against Hezbollah

May God almighty come to their aid

Make una stop to dey send ladies PM anyhow. It's not good

Why waste money?

Something they will contact "rain-makers" in Ebira, Ijebu-Ode, Benin, or Enugu-Ezike with a little token.

Nature can't be stopped but can be managed, I hope it won't backfire later with these their cloud seedling....but that's a very active government at work

Na wa o....all this process to stop rain....wetin Baba ruka for Oshogbo dey do with red cloth and few incantations Rain don cease

Abeg let them save that baby first.

kingreign:

NaCl (sodium chloride aka common table salt) is hygroscopic, meaning it absorb moisture from its surrounding and from the atmosphere around it. The knowledge of this property of salt is what is used to 'seed cloud', cloud seeding is a process of spraying chemicals usually NaCl into the atmosphere to absorb atmospheric precipitation. This will induce changes in rainfall or snowfall pattern and time.

Previously, Silver iodide or potassium iodide etc were used for this purpose.

but whenever the rain must fall,we must have lots of salts being washed down,hcl,and compounds of na.
Nature should be allowed to take it's course.
When the rain finally falls, every metallic surface is exposed to attack

And some Nigerians here will be claiming they can use juju to stop and create rain. We always tell theme juju doesn't exist but they wouldn't wanna believe.

Wow.. Seems these Asian countries are more prone to natural disasters. The other day, it was storm abi shey na Tornado in Philippines and now Indonesia. Its actually sad. May the departed souls rest in peace.

By the way, I'm curious about something ooo. This cloud seeding thin they say they want to do, will it stop rain from still falling ni? How do they think they can stop nature (rain) with that? Abi its me that doesn't understand. Someone should explain further biko...

beylinko:
ok. hopefully it works for them. we are battling with harmattan here o. Abeg what's the way forward?

you know what to do

Cloud seeding, learnt that today...

May God's protection be upon them