Jakarta, Oct. 27 -- The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) said it successfully induced rainfall in parts of South Sumatra on Monday (Oct. 26) through a weather modification operation, as forest and land fires persist in the province.

In a press release received in Jakarta on Tuesday, the air force said the rainmaking effort was carried out with several agencies as part of broader measures to mitigate the impact of the fires.

"This operation forms part of concerted measures to bolster wildfire containment, especially in affected peatland areas," Air Force Information Office head Air Commodore Feri Yunaldi said.

He said the operation was supported by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the National Research and Innovat...