Weather Scorecard True 0% 11 Checks Mostly True 0% 14 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 15 Checks False 0% 74 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 29 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Weather Social Media stated on January 20, 2026 in posts on social media: Trees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero. January 26, 2026 X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X: Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025. October 27, 2025 Social Media stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video: The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.” July 8, 2025 Social Media stated on July 5, 2025 in posts on social media: The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas. July 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video of gray skies in northern Michigan is proof of weather modification. By Loreben Tuquero • April 4, 2025 TikTok posts stated on March 26, 2025 in TikTok videos: Videos show tornadoes hitting Seattle on March 26 and 27. March 28, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows floods in Spain and France. November 20, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a Facebook post: This video shows floods in Spain. November 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a Threads post: Video shows 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Oregon. November 8, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 31, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows floods in Valencia, Spain. By Maria Briceño • November 8, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Florida’s attorney general said state is ‘under attack’ from weather modification. Is that true? • July 21, 2025 Reports of 2 girls rescued from a tree fueled false hope after Texas storms. Here’s how it spread. • July 7, 2025 Some viral videos of Texas flooding might be fake. Here’s how to spot them. • July 7, 2025 NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work? By Loreben Tuquero • March 26, 2025 FEMA conspiracy theories have existed for decades. Here’s how the internet has amplified them. • October 22, 2024 Ron DeSantis dismisses climate change link to stronger hurricanes. Here’s what the science says. By Samantha Putterman • October 17, 2024 Are foreign adversaries China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes • October 14, 2024 Climate change isn’t the sole cause of any hurricane, but it might affect them • September 29, 2022 How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages By Bill McCarthy • February 19, 2021 How to stay warm without power in a winter storm By Daniel Funke • February 18, 2021
