Fifty years ago the USA launched an ambitious attempt to control the weather.
Its aim was to change the course of hurricanes away from populated areas.
Hear from Joe Golden, who worked on Stormfury.
Photo: a hurricane over the USA (Associated Press/NOAA)
Published on Thursday, 5th January 2012.
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