MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan (PNA) — The water level at Angat Dam surged anew due to heavy rains pelting its watershed area amid the ongoing cloud seeding operations being conducted by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management.

The Provincial Disaster Management Office said that from 158.67 meters recorded on Thursday, the water level at the dam's giant reservoir rose to 159.76 meters Friday morning (8:00 a.m.) or an increase of 1.09 meters.

Dam officials earlier said that the water level will rise once the rains hit the watershed area.

On Thursday, the BSWM began their cloud seeding operation within the Angat Dam area.

Blessie Concepcion, cloud seeding operator of BSWM, said that it took them at least an hour before they scattered 300 kilos of salt around the dam's area.

She said they have to wait for the report of their spotter team who are looking for seedable clouds before proceeding with the seeding operations.

The factors to have rain are there, that's why there was high possibility to have rain in the Angat Dam area, Concepcion told local newsmen at the Plaridel airport where the cloud seeding airplane of BSWM was taking off.