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Weather modification operation to help mitigate West Java floods
Authorities plan to launch a cloud seeding operation to reduce rainfall intensity in disaster-hit areas across Sukabumi regency, West Java, to help authorities locate missing people and mitigate the impacts of flooding and landslides in the regency.
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Urgent operation: Joint search and rescue personnel search for missing people following flooding and landslides in Sukabumi regency, West Java, on Dec. 7. At least five people died during the disasters that were triggered by heavy rainfall. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya )
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uthorities plan to launch a cloud seeding operation to mitigate flooding in the disaster-hit Sukabumi regency in West Java following a series of hydrometeorological hazards striking the area over the last few days.
The plan, announced by National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head Suharyanto following a disaster mitigation coordination meeting in the regency on Friday, aims to reduce the intensity of rainfall within the regency.
“We’re trying to reduce the rainfall around Sukabumi with a weather modification operation,” Suharyanto said in a statement from the agency on Friday.
Aside from preventing more floods and landslides from occurring, the cloud seeding operation was expected to help search and rescue teams locate missing people, he went on to say.
Heavy rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday triggered flooding and landslides that affected 39 districts across the regency.
At least eight people lost their lives during the disaster, while at least four people were still missing, according to data from the Sukabumi Regency Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) as of Saturday, as quoted by kompas.id.
Most of the dead and missing people were from Simpenan and Ciemas districts, which were among the hardest-hit areas.
