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Latest Fact-Checks In Natural Disasters

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:
A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.
False
By Sara Swann • September 11, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on August 23, 2023 in a TikTok:
“Marines caught FEMA operatives piling corpses into a mass gravesite at the Maui Forest Reserve.”
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • August 30, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2023 in a Facebook post:
FEMA and Red Cross are “confiscating” donations meant for Hawaii wildfire victims.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on August 23, 2023 in 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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • August 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:
“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 15, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“A Pfizer warehouse full of Covid vaccines was just DESTROYED BY A TORNADO in North Carolina.”
False
By Sara Swann • July 24, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 6, 2023 in a TikTok:
The wildfires in Canada were planned.
False
By Sara Swann • June 8, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
Tropas estadounidenses se preparan para “una pandemia zombies”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 10, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:
“¡Florida emergencia! Huracán Ian golpe directo”.
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
“La NASA advierte que el sol podría dejar de brillar y causar una catástrofe”.
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • April 14, 2023
Rebuild by Design
Rebuild by Design
stated on March 1, 2023 in a report:
“Every single county in New York has experienced a federal climate disaster between 2011-2021.”
Mostly True
By Cameron Carr • March 29, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 15, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 8, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A video shows a dog trying to reach her puppies after the Turkey-Syria earthquake.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 10, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 7, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photo showing Game of Thrones characters depicts victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 8, 2023
America First Legal
America First Legal
stated on November 1, 2022 in an ad:
“Kamala Harris said disaster aid should go to non-white citizens first."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on August 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Tori Gantz • September 1, 2022
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 16, 2021 in social media platforms:
Says President Joe Biden told people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves from hurricanes.
False
By Noah Y. Kim • September 17, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Following Hurricane Ida, animals from Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey are “fleeing the premises.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • September 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden didn’t act in response to the emergency in Texas.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows an ice mass hanging inside a Houston home during Texas winter storms.
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2021
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