Hurricane Harvey
Written by: Rae Deng
July 9, 2025
The city of Dickinson required Hurricane Harvey aid relief applicants to pledge not to boycott I ...
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.
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 ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 15, 2017
A series of Facebook rumors about food stamp benefits for post-Irma Florida residents have a gra ...
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 ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 29, 2017
The U.S. State Department thanked Mexico's government for the "very generous offer" of assistance.
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 ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 28, 2017
The evangelist was criticized on social media for not opening Lakewood Church to help people fle ...
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. ...
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 ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 21, 2017
A viral Facebook video contains false and unproven claims about the humanitarian organization's ...
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 ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 19, 2017
An image circulating online attributes an insensitive (and fabricated) quote to the Secretary of ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 15, 2017
Lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as well as the federal government, have programs to help hom ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 13, 2017
There is no evidence to support a viral Facebook warning about certain cities, but the public sh ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 13, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a meal served by the Red Cross to victims of Hurricane Harvey i ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 11, 2017
Right-wing web sites misrepresented Lawrence's assertion that climate change is caused by human ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 11, 2017
A 2013 CBS video segment about weather modification was dishonestly reframed as a clip about Hur ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 8, 2017
An online conspiracy theory about government-created hurricanes gets even the most basic facts w ...
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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