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Baseless Claims Proliferate on Hurricanes and Weather Modification

Baseless Claims Proliferate on Hurricanes and Weather Modification

Experts say people cannot create or meaningfully alter hurricanes through existing weather modification techniques. That has not stopped a deluge of social media posts baselessly claiming or implying that Hurricanes Helene and Milton were intentionally created, steered or otherwise controlled by someone.