Experts say outlandish claims of weather manipulation are hindering disaster preparedness and emergency response.

Viral posts promoted false claims that cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, played a role in the devastation.

People are leaning on AI tools to figure out what is real on topics such as funding cuts and misinformation about cloud ...

Social media is littered with misrepresented visuals said to show the deadly floodwaters that swept through Texas, in the ...

Cloud-seeding was blamed for a devastating flash flood in South Dakota in 1972, though a scientific review determined the ...

In the aftermath of the Texas Hill Country flooding, as well as floods in New Mexico and North Carolina, misinformation about cloud speeding is surging.

Conspiracy theories about weather modification programs are surging online amid a torrent of misinformation following tragic ...

"Let's put an end to the conspiracy theories and stop blaming others," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a ...

Conspiracy theories tend to thrive in the wake of natural disasters like the Texas floods. Here's what to look out for.

False claims of a miraculous Texas flood rescue went viral but were disproven, emphasising journalism’s role in crises.

More and more voices, including politicians, say that cloud seeding — or man-made ways of increasing precipitation — caused the deadly floods in Texas. Experts say this is damaging public trust.

Liberals baselessly blamed staffing cuts at U.S. weather agencies for flawed warning systems while conservatives ramped up ...