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

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

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 ...

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

Cloud seeding could not have caused the disaster because the process increases precipitation only by a small amount, experts ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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