NSTworld “All clouds moving towards the Greater Jakarta area, which are estimated to lead to precipitation there, will be shot with NaCl (sodium chloride) material” Floods
The death toll in Jakarta and surrounding areas rose to 30 as of Thursday night, according to the country’s disaster mitigation agency, while tens of thousands of people have been displaced.
With more deluges forecast, two small planes have been readied to break up potential rain clouds in the skies above the Sunda Strait, while a bigger plane will be on standby, Indonesia’s technology agency BPPT said in a statement. The Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics Agency has warned that “extreme weather” may continue until Jan 7, while heavy rainfall could last through to mid February.
Authorities on Thursday used hundreds of pumps to suck water out of residential areas and public infrastructure, like railways.
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