Iran launches cloud seeding operations to combat severe drought
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Summary
Iran has begun cloud seeding operations to combat severe drought, with the first flight conducted in the Urmia Lake basin. Urmia, Iran's largest lake, has largely dried out and turned into a salt bed due to drought. Further cloud seeding operations are planned for East and West Azerbaijan provinces as the country faces its worst drought in decades.
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Today, a cloud seeding flight was conducted in the Urmia Lake basin for the first time in the current water year
Urmia, in the northwest, is Iran's largest lake, but has largely dried out and turned into a vast salt bed due to drought
IRNA added that further operations would be carried out in the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan
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