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Viral posts promoted false claims that cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, played a role in the devastation.
Experts say outlandish claims of weather manipulation are hindering disaster preparedness and emergency response.
Unfounded rumors linking an extreme weather event to human attempts at weather modification are again spreading on social ...
In the aftermath of deadly flash floods that swept through Texas Hill Country in July 2025, some people online suggested the ...
Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier jumped in to amplify the misinformation — citing a newly passed Florida law banning ...
Despite conspiracy theories, there's no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the ...
Conspiracy theories about weather modification programs are surging online amid a torrent of misinformation following tragic ...
Some people online suggested cloud seeding conducted by the company Rainmaker Technology Corporation was to blame for deadly ...
There are reports some cloud seeding occurred a few days before the Texas flash flood. But it’s important to understand that ...
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller dismissed conspiracy theories linking his agency to cloud seeding, saying it hasn't ...
For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the technology isn't capable of causing extreme, sudden flooding.
Cloud-seeding was blamed for a devastating flash flood in South Dakota in 1972, though a scientific review determined the flood was "caused by meteorological conditions beyond the control of man." ...