Tag: Cloud seeding

Cloud seeding pushed to mitigate effects of El Niño

Two lawmakers are urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau on Soil and Water Management (BSWM) to conduct cloud seeding operations in Cagayan de Oro City, which is one of the areas heavily affected by El Niño. In House Resolution 2626, Reps. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City) and Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. (Party-list, ABAMIN) said as early as May 2015, the Cagayan de Oro City Disaster Risk Reduction and […]

Cloud seeding operations sinimulan na sa Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA City, Philippines — Para mabawasan ang epekto ng El Niño phenomenon sa Zamboanga City, sinimulan na ang cloud seeding operations sa nasabing lungsod. Ang cloud seeding na sinimulan kahapon ay tatagal hanggang ngayong araw. Ang Zamboanga City ay matatandaang una ng isinailalim sa state of calamity dahil sa matinding epekto ng El Niño na nararanasan sa lungsod. Samantala, isang mobile water treatment facility naman mula sa local water utilities administration ng lungsod ang ipinadala […]

Cloud Seeding: Its Pros and Cons

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – The El Niño phenomenon currently occurring in the Asia Pacific region –yup, our country’s included—continues to intensify. It started on September 2015, and is expected to endure till the first quarter of this year. Along with the scorching heat, different problems comes along with it, such as lack of rainfall, poor harvests and significantly declined water supply. With these things in consideration, weather modification and manipulation comes into the scene. […]

Cloud seeding sa Bohol, muling isasagawa

HULYO 15 (Probinsya) — Muling magsasagawa ng cloud seeding na magsisimula ngayong ikatlong linggo ng Hulyo 2015 ang lalawigan ng Bohol. Ang isasagawang cloud seeding ay upang mapunan ang kakulangan ng tubig sa kanilang dams sa nasabing probinsya. Sa cloud seeding na ito, tinatayang aabot sa 1.8 milyong piso ang gugulin ng gobyerno. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Angelie Bitas)