Tag: cloud-seeding operations

Amid El Niño, NDRRMC releases P18.3 million for cloud-seeding operations

(Eagle News) — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has released P18.3 million to regional offices of the Department of Agriculture for the conduct of cloud-seeding operations that will supposedly help mitigate the effects of El Nino. In a statement, the NDRRMC said the operations, which aim to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from the clouds by dispersing substances into the air that modify microphysical processes, have been recommended for Regions […]

Piñol orders conduct of cloud-seeding operations to raise water level at La Mesa Dam

(Eagle News)–Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol has ordered the conduct of cloud-seeding operations amid the decline in the  water levels at La Mesa Dam. Piñol directed Agriculture Undersecretary Cayanan to give the order to the DA regional offices, the agriculture secretary said in a Facebook post on Monday, March 12. Piñol said Cayanan was also ordered to coordinate with the Philippine Air Force for the cloud-seeding operations over Bulacan, Pampanga and Rizal. According to Piñol, last […]