Project Storm Fury

In 1961, NOAA scientists attempted to modify the weather that produces hurricanes. In an experiment called Project Storm Fury, researchers seeded clouds in hurricanes with silver iodide to force precipitation and slow the hurricane's spinning winds.

Initially, it appeared to work, although researchers could never prove whether the results stemmed from the cloud seeding or from natural events. But since the program's demise in 1983, weather modification research has essentially come to a halt. Play video >>

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