Latest Fact-Checks In Natural Disasters

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stated on July 29, 2025 a post
Oprah Winfrey refused to open her private Maui road during July 29, 2025, tsunami warnings.
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By Maria Briceño • July 30, 2025
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stated on January 8, 2025 a post
“FEMA spent billions on illegal immigrants and now has no money for California!”
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By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 10, 2025
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stated on October 7, 2024 una publicación en Instagram
La administración de Joe Biden tomó dinero de ayudas de FEMA para usarlo en inmigrantes.
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By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 16, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2024 a Truth Social post
“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”
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By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • October 12, 2024
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stated on October 9, 2024 social media posts
North Carolina’s new voting rules in response to Hurricane Helene amount to “cheating” or “stealing.”
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By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2024
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stated on October 6, 2024 una publicación en X
"Los 750 dólares que nuestra generosa administración ha ofrecido a las víctimas del huracán Helene son un PRÉSTAMO! Tienen un año para devolverlo".
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By Madison Czopek • October 10, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 4, 2024 a conversation with reporters
The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.”
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By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 8, 2024
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Social Media
stated on September 29, 2024 a post
Hurricane Helene was planned to seize land in North Carolina for lithium mining.
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By Sara Swann • October 8, 2024
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stated on October 4, 2024 a post on X
“The $750 from FEMA that Kamala Harris is offering them is actually a loan, not real relief. And that if they don’t pay it back the feds can seize their property.”
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By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024
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stated on August 23, 2023 a TikTok
“Marines caught FEMA operatives piling corpses into a mass gravesite at the Maui Forest Reserve.”
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By Sara Swann • August 30, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on August 23, 2023 a GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee
“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”
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By Amy Sherman • August 24, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2021 a Facebook post
Following Hurricane Ida, animals from Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey are “fleeing the premises.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • September 2, 2021
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stated on August 28, 2019 a Facebook post
A 1988 exorcism took place in the only house still standing after Hurricane Ike.
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September 3, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 6, 2018 a conference call about hurricane season
Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018