Latest Fact-Checks In Weather

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stated on June 16, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows “current weather situation in Karachi.”
False
June 19, 2023
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stated on June 9, 2023 an Instagram post
Smoke that covered New York, New Jersey and Connecticut after the Canadian wildfires “was a planned operation in geoengineering.”
False
June 14, 2023
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stated on March 16, 2023 una publicación de Facebook
“¡Florida emergencia! Huracán Ian golpe directo”.
False
April 14, 2023
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stated on March 22, 2023 an Instagram post
Climate change is caused by corporations using "weather modification patents.”
False
March 29, 2023
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stated on February 10, 2023 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
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stated on November 13, 2022 a video
Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • November 29, 2022
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stated on September 12, 2022 a video on Facebook
"55,000 years ago the world was 2 degrees warmer Celsius than it is today.”
False
October 10, 2022
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stated on October 1, 2022 Instagram post
COVID was "so bad one year, they just forgot to give us a hurricane? What’s really going on here.”
Pants on Fire!
October 7, 2022
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stated on September 30, 2022 a post
"Florida schools (were) still open during the start of the hurricane."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 3, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2022 a television interview
Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.”
False
October 3, 2022
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stated on September 29, 2022 a post
Hurricane Ian was orchestrated as part of a pandemic-related conspiracy to devastate Floridians.
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • September 30, 2022
Yuh-Line Niou
Yuh-Line Niou
stated on September 28, 2022 a tweet
Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2022
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stated on September 28, 2022 a video
"Walrus seen on Florida streets after Hurricane Ian hits land."
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • September 29, 2022
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stated on September 27, 2022 a post
“All weather is artificially controlled.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • September 29, 2022
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stated on September 27, 2022 a Facebook post
As Hurricane Ian approached, President Joe Biden said, “a vital part of preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated now.”
False
September 28, 2022
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stated on September 28, 2022 an Instagram post
A news anchor warned that if Hurricane Ian “moves 20 miles to the west … you and everyone you know are dead.”
False
September 28, 2022
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stated on July 29, 2022 a Facebook post
"The Sun is out of place, the Moon is out of place and the stars are out of place. The compasses are off" because of a shift in the Earth’s poles.
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels • August 3, 2022
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stated on July 22, 2022 a Facebook post
Germany weather maps show media exaggerating effects of climate change.
False
July 27, 2022
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stated on June 16, 2022 a Facebook post
Thousands of cattle that recently died in Kansas weren’t killed by the heat.
False
June 21, 2022
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stated on February 2, 2022 a Facebook post
A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.
False
February 3, 2022
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