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August 27, 2013

Japan seeds clouds to boost Tokyo rain
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 23, 2013
Japanese scientists have fired cloud seeding equipment to help top up reservoirs serving the 35 million people of greater Tokyo, officials said Friday, amid a sweltering summer dry spell. Months of below normal rainfall and soaring temperatures have left supplies around 60 percent of the average for the time of year, sparking calls to economise on water in the heaving Japanese capital. Using a piece of equipment nearly half a century old, the Bureau of Waterworks sent a plume of silver iodide up ... read more

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