New Delhi: South-western China is suffering from severe heat these days. Heat wave is blowing in this region. The temperature has also reached between 35-40 degrees Celsius. Amidst the scorching heat, an 'underwear crisis' has also arisen in this region. This is being discussed a lot on China's social media platform Weibo. Millions of people are expressing their views on this issue on social media.

Did artificial rain cause underwear rain?

In China's Chongqing city, the officials thought about giving relief to the people from the scorching heat. After this, it was decided that artificial rain would be made in the area. But the result of artificial rain was that the clothes lying to dry on the roofs were blown away due to strong winds. A large number of these clothes were underwear. After this, the people of China named this incident '9/2 Chongqing underwear crisis'.

How cloud seeding is done

Schools are being closed due to extreme heat in south-western China. Artificial rain is known as cloud seeding. In this, rain is caused by spreading chemicals like silver iodide in the clouds. The hashtag '9/2 Chongqing underwear crisis' has been viewed by about 18 million people.

When did cloud seeding technology start?

According to the Independent report, Chinese officials say that cloud seeding has caused rain but it has not caused strong winds. But people expressed doubts. A man named Ethel wrote on Weibo that when I came from outside, suddenly heavy rain started and underwear started falling from the sky.

Let us tell you that thousands of people commented on the "underwear crisis". Cloud seeding technology was first developed in the 1940s. More than 50 countries, including China, America, Australia, Thailand and Russia, have made artificial rain in their countries.