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Iran scrambles to induce rain as years-long drought triggers water crisis

Iran scrambles to induce rain as years-long drought triggers water crisis

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Iran said it had begun experiments to induce rain after a long drought created a water crisis in the country. A cloud-seeding flight was conducted on Saturday over the country's largest lake, officials said. The process involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to trigger rain. For the technology to work, it needs existing clouds. The water scarcity ha...

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