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Latest Fact-Checks In Natural Disasters

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2024 a video on Facebook:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”
False
By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024
X posts
X posts
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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on October 3, 2024 a X post:
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg banned private drones from flying over areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • October 4, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 29, 2024 una publicación en Instagram:
Imágenes en este video son del "Huracan helen en la Florida".
False
By Maria Briceño • October 4, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 social media posts:
Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.”
True
By Madison Czopek • October 3, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 30, 2024 an X post:
Photo shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach "while towns all over America were being wiped out” by Hurricane Helene.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2024 a press conference in Georgia:
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was calling President Joe Biden after Hurricane Helene but "hasn't been able to get him.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Caleb McCullough • September 30, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2024 a video on Facebook:
Video shows tornado caused by Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.
False
By Madison Czopek • July 9, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 1, 2024 una publicación en Threads:
"Huracán Beryl pasado por la isla Canarias todo quedo bajo Agua y Horacio por todo la isla afectada ".
False
By Maria Briceño • July 3, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 17, 2024 an Instagram post:
Video compilation shows a tornado and storms in Dubai on April 17.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • April 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 2, 2024 an Instagram post:
“The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on April 3, 2024 a post on X:
Video shows “an entire block of unfinished houses collapsed as a result of an earthquake in Taiwan.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 4, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 27, 2024 an interview on CNBC:
Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 14, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 an Instagram post:
The Texas wildfires were started by directed energy weapons.
False
By Sara Swann • March 5, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 29, 2024 an Instagram post:
President Joe Biden’s comments about Texas homes are evidence that homes of a certain color are spared from wildfires.
False
By Sara Swann • March 1, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2023 una publicación en Facebook:
Imagen muestra "potente terremoto … en medio de una tormenta solar" en Filipinas.
False
By Maria Briceño • December 5, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 27, 2023 a video caption:
“8 MINUTES AGO! The largest underwater volcano has SUDDENLY CRACKED OPEN the Earth!”
False
By Grace Abels • November 30, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 remarks at the White House:
“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 5, 2023 an Instagram reel:
Video shows Hawaiians being evicted after Maui wildfires.
False
By Sara Swann • September 13, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2023 a Facebook post:
A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.
False
By Sara Swann • September 11, 2023
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