Indonesia deploys more aircraft for cloud seeding to combat forest fires
According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Hercules and CN-295 military transport aircraft dispersed dry ice and sodium chloride into cloud formations during a projected multi-day period of favourable atmospheric conditions. No airports closed despite wildfire impacts in Indonesia Indonesia records over 283,000 respiratory illness cases amid forest fires Indonesia battles forest fires as Malaysia sends firefighting support
⚠ A state-run outlet: it may reflect official government positions.
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
[Claude] Both reports cover Indonesia's aircraft deployment against forest and land fires, with Report 2 adding detail on the cloud seeding operations by the same military transport aircraft, and nothing contr
2h agoScore bands
What moves the score
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
High · How we score this