Jakarta, Nov. 2 -- Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is reviewing its cloud-seeding operations for wildfire containment as it pivots operational focus toward hydrometeorological disaster preparedness amid the onset of the rainy season.

Speaking at an operational review meeting at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base here on Monday, BNPB Head Kristomei Sianturi said the evaluation is critical to determining which areas still require weather intervention and which regions have transitioned into the wet season.

Under the operational reassessment, cloud-seeding aircraft and equipment deployed in provinces that have already entered the rainy season - such as South Sumatra, Jambi, Riau, and West Kalimantan - will be relocate...