Texas, cloud seeding and Flash flood
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This is false. It is not possible that cloud seeding generated the floods, according to experts, as the process can only produce limited precipitation using clouds that already exist.
Several online pundits and “influencers” continue to claim that excessive rainfall and flash flooding in Texas was caused by weather manipulation and cloud seeding operations. Meteorologists
Meteorologists are debunking conspiracy theories blaming cloud seeding for the deadly Central Texas floods over the Fourth of July weekend.
A Tennessee congresman is backing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's push to ban "weather modification" in the wake of devastating floods in Texas. What to know.
The catastrophic flood in Central Texas has put cloud seeding under the microscope. FOX 26 Houston Chief Meteorologist Mike Iscovitz explains what it is and why it did not cause the deadly flooding.
"Let's put an end to the conspiracy theories and stop blaming others," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement.
According to the GAO, states with active cloud seeding programs in 2024 are California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota.
Right-wing influencers and lawmakers are spreading conspiracy theories about the cause of deadly floods in central Texas.