Texas Floods Cloud Seeding Debate

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Texas, cloud seeding and floods

False claims link cloud seeding to deadly Texas floods, despite "zero evidence"

Viral posts promoted false claims that cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, played a role in the devastation. Meteorologists explain it doesn't work that way.

Yahoo · 2d

Texas cloud seeding operation triggers conspiratorial outrage after deadly floods

Conspiracy theories about weather modification programs are surging online amid a torrent of misinformation following tragic flash floods that struck the US state of Texas on July 4, 2025, with posts across platforms claiming a local cloud seeding operation triggered the rainstorms.

KNAU Arizona Public Radio · 7h

The claim that cloud seeding caused the Texas floods is untrue — and actively harmful

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.

Mother Jones1d

The Texas Floods Amped Up the Battle Between MAHA and the Tech Right

Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and an election denier, who pleaded guilty to lying ...

Axios on MSN2d

Trump's EPA wades into "weather modification" debate after Texas floods

The Trump administration is working carefully to stamp out conspiracy theories about "weather modification," wading into a viral, recurring debate that reignited in the wake of Texas' deadly flooding.

4don MSN

Map Shows States With Cloud-Seeding Programs in Place

According to the GAO, states with active cloud seeding programs in 2024 are California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, ...

Did geoengineering cause floods in Texas and NC?

Scientists blame unusually warm oceans, not cloud seeding, for Texas and North Carolina floods. Yet state lawmakers seek to ban geoengineering, though no such projects exist in North Carolina.

Houston Chronicle5d

Experts debunk cloud seeding conspiracy after deadly Texas flash flood

Scientists and officials confirm cloud seeding did not cause the Texas flash flood, debunking conspiracy theories after deadly rains.

Texas officials deflect mounting questions about response to deadly flood

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done ...

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