For the first time, the China Meteorological Administration called multiple aircraft to carry out rain increase operations for the water storage project of the South -to -North Water

Since July, the Danjiangkou Reservoir's water -water area has occurred more than meteorological drought, and the water body area and water level have continued to decline.

On August 27, the China Meteorological Administration dispatched three national high -performance rainfall planes to Henan, Hubei, and Shaanxi to carry out a large -scale cross -regional open -air ground rainfall operation at the water waters of Danjiangkou Reservoir, supplemented the library capacity in a timely manner to ensure that people and animals were fully guaranteedDrinking water and food production.

According to statistics, from August 1st to 27th, 2022, a total of 102 artificial rainfall operations were launched across the country, with a total of 293 hours.

Source: CCTV News Client Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng Editor Lin Chuanling

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