Latest Fact-Checks In Weather

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Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on May 20, 2024 an X post
“All of the satellite weather data for the day of the Iranian president’s crash has been removed.”
False
May 24, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 11, 2024 a Facebook post
Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment.
False
May 13, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on April 17, 2024 an Instagram post
Video compilation shows a tornado and storms in Dubai on April 17.
False
April 23, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on April 8, 2024 a Facebook post
The solar eclipse path was “full of chemtraiIs.”
Pants on Fire!
April 10, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2024 an Instagram post
Cloud seeding program connected to recent California storms.
False
February 22, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on December 26, 2023 an Instagram post
Video of avalanche shows the “power of nature.”
False
January 9, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows “heavy snow and ice has frozen jets in Munich bound for Dubai's global warming conference.”
False
By Sara Swann • December 8, 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 November 6, 2023 an Instagram post
"Acapulco destroyed by yet another directed weather attack!”
Pants on Fire!
November 9, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
“Últimas noticias” de “congelamiento extremo” en Estados Unidos.
False
October 9, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2023 a speech
“Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
"Se declara emergencia máxima" por congelamiento en Estados Unidos.
False
September 29, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on September 24, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows all highways closed in Berlin “right now.”
False
September 27, 2023
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Instagram posts
stated on September 6, 2023 an Instagram post
President Joe Biden’s comments confirm that the government is going to “increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events.”
False
September 14, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on August 29, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows Clearwater Beach during Hurricane Idalia.
False
September 6, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows the state of “Great Britain now,” with “78,000 people under the water.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2023 a Facebook post
Smart-city plans are behind wildfires in Tenerife.
False
August 25, 2023
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TikTok posts
stated on August 21, 2023 a TikTok video
"Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
False
August 22, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2023 a speech on extreme heat
“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2023 a Facebook post
"The sand storm headed our way is an attempt by Bill Gates to block out the sun.”
False
July 13, 2023
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