Along-awaited rain on the morning of August 10 left drought-stricken residents In Linquan County, east China＇s AnhuiProvince, exalted. Farmers flocked to corn fields to check crops and spread fertilizer. Since late ...Along-awaited rain on the morning of August 10 left drought-stricken residents In Linquan County, east China＇s AnhuiProvince, exalted. Farmers flocked to corn fields to check crops and spread fertilizer. Since late July, Anhui had been parched by drought and temperatures above 35 de- grees Celsius. Tens of thousands of people faced shortages of drinking water and large ,areas of crops were damaged~ ~ It was much needed, for the cost of pump- ing ground water to irrigate the fields was high~ Yet farmers might not be aware that this 22-52 mm downpour was the result of a weather modification operation carried out by the Fuyang Meteorological Bureau, which had launched cloud seeding rockets to induce precipitation.展开更多
文摘Along-awaited rain on the morning of August 10 left drought-stricken residents In Linquan County, east China＇s AnhuiProvince, exalted. Farmers flocked to corn fields to check crops and spread fertilizer. Since late July, Anhui had been parched by drought and temperatures above 35 de- grees Celsius. Tens of thousands of people faced shortages of drinking water and large ,areas of crops were damaged~ ~ It was much needed, for the cost of pump- ing ground water to irrigate the fields was high~ Yet farmers might not be aware that this 22-52 mm downpour was the result of a weather modification operation carried out by the Fuyang Meteorological Bureau, which had launched cloud seeding rockets to induce precipitation.
