Iran don start cloud seeding, wey be like dem dey spray clouds wit chemicals so rain go fall, sake of di worst drought wey di kontri don see for decades. Di tori komot from Iran official news agency, Irna, wey tok say dem do di cloud seeding for Urmia lake basin on Saturday.
Urmia na di biggest lake for Iran, but e don dry up finish, leaving plenty salt for ground. Dem say dem go still do di same thing for east and west Azerbaijan. Rainfall don dey very low, and di place wey dem dey keep water don dey empty almost finish. Last week, President Masoud Pezeshkian warn say if rain no fall soon, dem go need to dey give people water small small for Tehran, and dem fit even need to carry people commot from di capital.
Cloud seeding na wen dem dey inject chemical salt like silver or potassium iodide inside clouds, using plane or generator wey dey ground. Dis one go help di water vapour to turn to rain faster. Dem don dey use dis method for long time, and UAE sef don use am to solve water problem.
Iran meteorological organisation say rainfall don reduce by about 89% dis year, compared to how e dey be normally. Dem add say, "We dey experience di driest autumn wey di kontri don see for 50 years."
Officials also don announce plan to punish house and business wey dey use water too much. Di head of Iran National Centre for Climate and Drought Crisis Management, Ahmad Vazifeh, say dams for Tehran, West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan and Markazi dey in a "worrying state", with water level dey low like single digit percentage.
On Friday, plenty people gather for mosque for Tehran to pray for rain. Iranian meteorologists report say rain fall small for west and northwest of di kontri on Saturday.
As di dams wey dey give Tehran water dey dry, Iran dey struggle wit serious water palava. If rain no fall by next month, dem go need to dey give water small small for Tehran, and dem fit even need to carry di 10 million people wey dey di city commot, President Masoud Pezeshkian tok for speech on Friday.
Even though experts say to carry people commot from di city na di last thing wey dem go do, di president warning show how big di problem be for di kontri wey get more than 90 million people, as dia economy dey suffer under sanctions.
Iran dey face drought for six years now, and heatwave make temperature pass 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) during summer. Di past water year, wey end for late September 2025, na one of di driest wey dem don record, and dis year dey look like e go worse, wit Iran only receiving 2.3mm (0.09 inches) of rain by early November, wey be 81 percent less than how e dey be normally.
Plenty dams dey dry up finish, and plenty others dey near to dry up too, according to data from Water Resources Management Company.