16 killed in Montgomery, Kentucky flood, deaths expected to rise
https://nypost.com/2022/07/29/at-least-15-killed-in-historic-flooding-in-kentucky-gov/
On 5 June 2016, an extreme rainfall event in Tasmania’s Central Highlands resulted in a [MAJOR FLOODING] that [KILLED THREE PEOPLE] and caused [significant damage to livestock, property and infrastructure]. Earlier the same day, Tasmania’s commercial producer of hydroelectricity, Hydro Tasmania, had conducted a cloud seeding operation in the area.
[CLOUD SEEDING] is a form of [WEATHER MODIFICATION]
Flossman et al suggest that a poorly designed project could reduce precipitation or prevent the precipitation process altogether, thereby depriving neighbouring areas of rainfall.
Conversely, DeFelice et al suggest that [cloud seeding activities could increase the amount of precipitation up to two hundred kilometres from the target area].
Such an increase could harm a neighbouring area, especially if it [INCREASES the RISK OF FLOODS].
Two days after GE’s first outdoor experiments were conducted in the US, in 1947, the Australian House of Representatives requested the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( ‘CSIRO’)54 to conduct its own research on cloud seeding.
The Rain-Making Control Act 1967 makes cloud seeding a governmental function and provides immunity from liability
a recent experiment in Queensland was a public/private initiative, involving the American-based company, Weather Modification Inc
It was agreed that any disaster would be dealt similarly as natural bushfires and floods, and that the Crown should not be held liable for damage resulting from weather modification activities
Conclusion: Australia has played a major role in weather modification research and implementation.
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35710/2/141651%20-%20Enhancing%20the%20weather%20governance%20of%20weather%20modification%20activities%20in%20Australia%20-%20AAM.pdf