Weather Scorecard true 0% 11 Checks mostly true 0% 14 Checks half true 0% 9 Checks mostly false 0% 15 Checks false 0% 74 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 29 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Weather Social Media stated on January 20, 2026 posts on social media Trees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero. By Madison Czopek • January 26, 2026 X posts stated on October 26, 2025 a post on X Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025. By Maria Briceño • October 27, 2025 Social Media stated on July 6, 2025 a TikTok video The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.” By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore, Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025 Social Media stated on July 5, 2025 posts on social media The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas. By Madison Czopek • July 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2025 a Facebook post Video of gray skies in northern Michigan is proof of weather modification. By Loreben Tuquero • April 4, 2025 TikTok posts stated on March 26, 2025 TikTok videos Videos show tornadoes hitting Seattle on March 26 and 27. March 28, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 a Facebook post Video shows floods in Spain and France. November 20, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2024 a Facebook post This video shows floods in Spain. November 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 1, 2024 a Threads post Video shows 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Oregon. November 8, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 31, 2024 a Facebook post Video shows floods in Valencia, Spain. By Maria Briceño • November 8, 2024 TikTok posts stated on October 9, 2024 a TikTok post Video clips show Hurricane Milton hitting Florida “with wind speed 185 mph as Category 5” By Mia Penner • October 15, 2024 Threads posts stated on October 8, 2024 a Threads post "Kid Rock heads to North Carolina with Millions in supplies. Taylor Swift Nowhere to be Found.” October 13, 2024 X posts stated on October 6, 2024 a post 2023 FEMA webinar shows the agency is prioritizing its relief efforts around LGBTQ+ people By Grace Abels • October 11, 2024 Viral image stated on October 4, 2024 a Threads post An image shows a child affected by recent hurricanes in the United States. October 11, 2024 Instagram posts stated on October 9, 2024 an Instagram post “Hurricane Nadine was a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that struck Central America and the Bahamas in October 2024.” October 11, 2024 Viral image stated on October 10, 2024 a Threads post Image shows the projected trajectory for a Hurricane Nadine is “the same path as Helene.” October 11, 2024 Threads posts stated on October 9, 2024 a Threads post Video shows “people attempting to flee Florida & Hurricane Milton.” October 11, 2024 Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on October 7, 2024 a post on X Patents dating back to the 1800s show that people can control the weather. By Madison Czopek • October 10, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 6, 2024 a Facebook post “They create hurricanes via cloud seeding” and “direct them where they want the Hurricane to go!” October 10, 2024 TikTok posts stated on October 7, 2024 a video “FEMA is closing roads and bridges and causing gridlock traffic during evacuations from Hurricane Milton.” By Gideon Hess • October 9, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Florida’s attorney general said state is ‘under attack’ from weather modification. Is that true? By Loreben Tuquero • July 21, 2025 Reports of 2 girls rescued from a tree fueled false hope after Texas storms. Here’s how it spread. By Angela Fu, Angela Fu, Loreben Tuquero • July 7, 2025 Some viral videos of Texas flooding might be fake. Here’s how to spot them. By Grace Abels • July 7, 2025 NOAA firings came just before a U.S. tornado outbreak. Did public warning systems work? By Loreben Tuquero • March 26, 2025 FEMA conspiracy theories have existed for decades. Here’s how the internet has amplified them. October 22, 2024 Ron DeSantis dismisses climate change link to stronger hurricanes. Here’s what the science says. By Samantha Putterman • October 17, 2024 Are foreign adversaries China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes October 14, 2024 Climate change isn’t the sole cause of any hurricane, but it might affect them September 29, 2022 How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages By Bill McCarthy • February 19, 2021 How to stay warm without power in a winter storm By Daniel Funke • February 18, 2021 Latest promises about Weather No promises to show. Latest promises about Weather
