Water supply in Taiwan at risk, resorts to cloud seeding

Taiwan may have to resort to cloud seeding Monday to induce rain at two reservoirs in the north of the country as a dry spell persists, an official said Sunday.

If the conditions are right, cloud seeding will be carried out in the areas near Shihmen Reservoir in Taoyuan and Mingte Reservoir in Miaoli County, said Tien Chiao-ling, deputy director-general of the Water Resources Agency (WRA).

An approaching cold front is expected to affect only northern Taiwan, Tien said, implying that the cloud cover brought by the front will allow for possible cloud seeding only in the north of the country.

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