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.

In the aftermath of deadly flash floods that swept through Texas Hill Country in July 2025, some people online suggested the ...

Two clouds were targeted and dissipated later that day in the cloud seeding operation Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier ...

Some people online suggested cloud seeding conducted by the company Rainmaker Technology Corporation was to blame for deadly ...

Despite conspiracy theories, there's no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the ...

False claims are circulating online blaming this month's deadly Texas flooding on a weather modification technique known as ...

First reported by the Houston Chronicle, cloud seeding involves releasing silver iodide into clouds to increase rainfall ...

For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the technology isn't capable of causing extreme, sudden flooding.

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

All clouds need “seeds” called condensation nuclei or ice nuclei to properly develop. This could be a speck of dust, clay or ...

There are reports some cloud seeding occurred a few days before the Texas flash flood. But it’s important to understand that ...