Makassar, S Sulawesi, Oct. 27 -- Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) used 14.3 metric tons (14,300 kg) of cloud-seeding materials to boost rainfall and help contain forest and land fires in priority areas.

The seeding involved 15 flights, or sorties, according to data through Oct. 23, Berton Panjaitan, acting head of BNPB's Disaster Data and Communications Center, said.

Weather-modification operations in Central Kalimantan used 7,200 kg of seeding materials: 5,200 kg of dry ice to disperse haze and 2,000 kg of sodium chloride (NaCl) for cloud seeding, across eight sorties.

However, no rainfall had been reported in the target area as of October 23, he said in a statement received in Makassar, the capital of South Sula...