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Hurricane Harvey

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Texas city required disaster relief aid applicants to sign pro-Israel pledge in 2017, not 2025

Written by: Rae Deng

July 9, 2025

The city of Dickinson required Hurricane Harvey aid relief applicants to pledge not to boycott I ...

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Does This Picture Show a Shark Swimming Down a Highway After a Hurricane?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 28, 2011

A much-repurposed photograph of a shark swimming down a flooded highway after a hurricane is a fake.

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Did President Trump Save Two Cats After Hurricane Harvey?

Written by: Dan Evon

Sept. 5, 2017

Is President Trump enough of a feline lover to go wading out into floodwaters to rescue a pair o ...

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Floridians Can Obtain Food Stamp Benefits If Their Power Went Out During Hurricane Irma?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 15, 2017

A series of Facebook rumors about food stamp benefits for post-Irma Florida residents have a gra ...

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Red Cross Instructed to Throw Away Donated Supplies in Texas?

Written by: Dan MacGuill Brooke Binkowski

Sept. 13, 2017

A viral video from Houston, Texas makes claims about the Red Cross' treatment of food and other ...

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"High Water" sign in front of water coming over a road in Kemah during Hurricane Harvey

Texas Accepts Mexican Offer of Hurricane Harvey Aid

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 29, 2017

The U.S. State Department thanked Mexico's government for the "very generous offer" of assistance.

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Was Barack Obama President During Hurricane Katrina?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 30, 2017

Twitter users tried to pin the blame for Katrina relief issues on Obama, though he wasn't even p ...

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Joel Osteen

Was Joel Osteen's Houston 'Megachurch' Affected By Hurricane Harvey?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Aug. 28, 2017

The evangelist was criticized on social media for not opening Lakewood Church to help people fle ...

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Did Mexican Troops Aid the U.S. After Hurricane Katrina?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Sept. 4, 2016

As Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in 2017, so too did a rumor that Mexico sent troops to assist U.S. ...

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Did a City in Texas Require Harvey Aid Recipients to Promise Not to Boycott Israel?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 24, 2017

The mayor of Dickinson, Texas, says a new state law requires that the city ask aid recipients no ...

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Did the Red Cross Steal Donations in Texas, Empowered by an Obama-Era Executive Order?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 21, 2017

A viral Facebook video contains false and unproven claims about the humanitarian organization's ...

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Were Houston Residents Warned to Use Gas Masks During Mosquito Spraying?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 21, 2017

A warning video about the use of the insecticide naled in parts of Texas gets some facts wrong a ...

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Did Ben Carson Tell Hurricane Victims 'Homelessness Is A Gift From Heaven'?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Sept. 19, 2017

An image circulating online attributes an insensitive (and fabricated) quote to the Secretary of ...

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Can Hurricane Victims Delay Their Mortgage Payments?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Sept. 15, 2017

Lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as well as the federal government, have programs to help hom ...

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Did Floodwaters in Southeast Texas Test Positive for Several Diseases After Harvey?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 13, 2017

There is no evidence to support a viral Facebook warning about certain cities, but the public sh ...

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Did the Red Cross Serve This Meal to Hurricane Victims?

Written by: Dan Evon

Sept. 13, 2017

A photograph purportedly showing a meal served by the Red Cross to victims of Hurricane Harvey i ...

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Did Jennifer Lawrence Say Hurricanes Are 'Nature's Wrath' Against Trump?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 11, 2017

Right-wing web sites misrepresented Lawrence's assertion that climate change is caused by human ...

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Did Physicist Michio Kaku Say HAARP Caused Irma and Harvey?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Sept. 11, 2017

A 2013 CBS video segment about weather modification was dishonestly reframed as a clip about Hur ...

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Did a 2005 Movie Feature Hurricanes Named Harvey and Irma?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 8, 2017

An online conspiracy theory about government-created hurricanes gets even the most basic facts w ...

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Did FEMA Deny Aid to Harvey Victims Unless They Received Vaccinations?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 5, 2017

A false rumor that could discourage hurricane victims from seeking aid spread on social media.

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