Japanese researchers hope to stop damaging rains before they start

Weather control project studies how heat and wind can limit strength of storm clouds

Japanese researchers are hoping to mitigate the effects of heavy rains, like the damage seen here near Hiroshima city after storms in August 2014. © Reuters

ATSUSHI TERAOKA, Nikkei staff writer

June 20, 2023 04:10 JST

TOKYO -- Japanese universities have put their minds together in an attempt to develop technology that can manipulate weather to limit damage from heavy rains, which have become more common with climate change.

The group is working on methods to stop cumulonimbus storm clouds from developing, aiming to put the technology to practical use in 2050.