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Latest Fact-Checks In Natural Disasters

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Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on January 22, 2026 an X post:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • January 28, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on October 26, 2025 a post on X:
Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.
False
By Maria Briceño • October 27, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 16, 2025 a Threads post:
Elk, grizzly bears, bison and mountain lions are fleeing Yellowstone National Park to Salt Lake City, Utah.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 7, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on July 29, 2025 a post:
Oprah Winfrey refused to open her private Maui road during July 29, 2025, tsunami warnings.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • July 30, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on July 12, 2025 an X post:
The Kerr County, Texas, sheriff “said he would apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family.”
False
By Maria Briceño • July 14, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 5, 2025 posts on social media:
The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.
False
By Madison Czopek • July 7, 2025
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on April 12, 2025 an X post:
Trump “just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 24, 2025
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on January 26, 2025 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on January 24, 2025 a video on TikTok:
“JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 30, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2025 remarks in North Carolina:
"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 21, 2025 a Facebook post:
“FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2025
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on January 6, 2025 an X post:
Buncombe County “is still demanding property taxes on homes destroyed by Hurricane Helene based on pre-Helene assessments that no longer apply.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 a post on Facebook:
“So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 16, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 14, 2025 a post on Instagram:
The Biden administration is offering only “$770 for people who lost everything” in the Los Angeles wildfires.
False
By Madison Czopek • January 15, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 10, 2025 a post:
The Los Angeles wildfires were planned in preparation for the 2028 Olympics.
False
By Sara Swann • January 14, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on January 8, 2025 a post:
“FEMA spent billions on illegal immigrants and now has no money for California!”
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 10, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 8, 2025 a post:
The Los Angeles Police Department is “looking for three ‘persons of interest’ all tied to a MAGA website who were spotted at the source of all three major LA fires.”
False
By Sara Swann • January 9, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on November 20, 2024 an X post:
FEMA delivered “only four” temporary housing units to Helene victims in North Carolina as of Nov. 20.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 10, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 12, 2024 a video:
FEMA brought 300 semi trucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 21, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 31, 2024 a Facebook post:
Video shows floods in Valencia, Spain.
False
By Maria Briceño • November 8, 2024
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