LAOAG CITY, April 30 -- At least 50 bags of sodium chloride weighing 25 kilograms each and a helicopter of the Philippine Airforce are on standby on Tuesday while waiting for the perfect timing to conduct cloud seeding operation in drought-hit Solsona town.

"All is set for the conduct of possible cloud seeding operation approved by the governor upon the request of the Solsona government. We are just waiting for the right time to make it happen," Marcel Tabije, Ilocos Norte's Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) head, said in an interview.

He said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is providing daily monitoring of seedable cloud formations and wind asses...