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Benjamin Lynch

Ancient river statues revealed as China endures 70-day heatwave and ongoing drought

China is enduring a monster 70-day heatwave with authorities forced to try and "seed" clouds to get rainfall.

Seeding is an experimental method usually carried out by dropping metal particles into clouds in the hope an existing cloud will then drop its rain on a particular area.

Silver iodide rods about the size of a cigarette are dropped to form ice crystals, which hopefully produce more rain.

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