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Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday said the provincial government will ask the Department of Agriculture for the conduct of cloud seeding operations over the province as the dry spell continued to take its toll on agricultural crops.

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated P2.3 million for cloud seeding operations in southern Mindanao as part of the contingency and adaptation measures for the onset of El Niño in June.

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Metro Manila’s temperature soared to 36.6 degrees Celsius yesterday.

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 The Air Force is ready to provide a plane and technical personnel for the government’s cloud-seeding operations as part of the efforts to mitigate the impact of El Niño phenomenon.

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Cloud seeding operations are set to be undertaken in drought-hit areas in the northern part of Isabela to save the corn crops from destruction due to the prolonged dry spell amid the onset of the rainy season in most parts of the country.

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The recent daily rainfall from the cloud seeding operations temporarily sufficed for the moisture requirement of ricefields for survival this season, but more of it is needed now to raise the water level of Malinao Dam above its critical mark.

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Clouds suitable for seeding operations to bring rain to ease Metro Manila’s water shortage are not easy to find since satellite cameras often miss the right cloud formations, GMANews.TV reported yesterday.

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The process is called cloud seeding, a technology that dispenses chemicals – usually ordinary table salt or sodium chloride instead of the more expensive silver chloride – in the clouds to hasten the coalescence or collision of cloud particles.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Gov. Marañon to ask DA for cloud seeding
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Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday said the provincial government will ask the Department of Agriculture for the conduct of cloud seeding operations over the province as the dry spell continued to take its toll on agricultural crops.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488317 [AuthorName] => Marchel P. Espina [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1325898 [Title] => DA earmarks P2.3 M for cloud seeding in Mindanao [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated P2.3 million for cloud seeding operations in southern Mindanao as part of the contingency and adaptation measures for the onset of El Niño in June.

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Metro Manila’s temperature soared to 36.6 degrees Celsius yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140520/summer-GEN6.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1324950 [Title] => Air Force ready to help in cloud seeding operations [Summary] =>

 The Air Force is ready to provide a plane and technical personnel for the government’s cloud-seeding operations as part of the efforts to mitigate the impact of El Niño phenomenon.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-19 18:49:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 962751 [Title] => Cloud seeding set to save Isabela crops [Summary] =>

Cloud seeding operations are set to be undertaken in drought-hit areas in the northern part of Isabela to save the corn crops from destruction due to the prolonged dry spell amid the onset of the rainy season in most parts of the country.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 848104 [Title] => Rains from cloud-seeding save ricefields But Malinao Dam still at critical low level [Summary] =>

The recent daily rainfall from the cloud seeding operations temporarily sufficed for the moisture requirement of ricefields for survival this season, but more of it is needed now to raise the water level of Malinao Dam above its critical mark.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1125615 [AuthorName] => Angeline Valencia [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 595534 [Title] => Cloud seeding underway, but where are the clouds? [Summary] =>

Clouds suitable for seeding operations to bring rain to ease Metro Manila’s water shortage are not easy to find since satellite cameras often miss the right cloud formations, GMANews.TV reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1350923 [AuthorName] => Helen Flores, Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 32977 [Title] => How much rain does cloud seeding make? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1493880 [AuthorName] => Mariano A. Estoque, PhD [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 31689 [Title] => How much rain does cloud seeding make? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1493880 [AuthorName] => Mariano A. Estoque, PhD [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 397841 [Title] => DA turns to cloud seeding to beat summer heat [Summary] => With the scorching summer heat baking the earth, especially with the recurrence of the El Niño phenomenon, scientists board planes and head to the skies to impregnate clouds with chemicals to produce rain.

The process is called cloud seeding, a technology that dispenses chemicals – usually ordinary table salt or sodium chloride instead of the more expensive silver chloride – in the clouds to hasten the coalescence or collision of cloud particles.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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