Central Kalimantan is a Indonesian province on Borneo. It’s in the news as forest fires drive drought from El Niño; authorities deploy cloud seeding and schools pause as smoke fills skies.
Indonesia is battling widespread wildfires that have scorched tens of thousands of hectares, forcing school closures and online learning in affected provinces. Authorities are deploying cloud-seeding aircraft and firefighting efforts across six provinces with more than 107,000 hectares burned this year. The country faces a harsher dry season linked to El Niño.