Conspiracy theories tend to thrive in the wake of natural disasters like the Texas floods. Here's what to look out for.

Viral posts promoted false claims that cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, played a role in the devastation.

When deadly flash floods hit central Texas last week, people on social media site X turned to artificial intelligence chatbot Grok for answers about whom to blame.

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency ...

False or misleading claims, with a major focus on the city’s water supply, emerged amid general criticism about water management in California sparked by the fierce Los Angeles fires.

Misinformation is circulating about the recent Hill Country floods, with some questioning if the weather was modified through ...

Through so-called natural language processing, AI can identify misinformation, track its spread and monitor the digital ...

Federal forecasters have been forced to deny they control the weather after Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others spread misinformation online. The conspiracy spread by Greene ...

False claims can go viral rapidly in the wake of a natural disaster — especially when they're about climate change, and posted on social media.

A small contingent of lawmakers are blaming silver iodide for extreme weather events, including the disastrous flooding in Texas, but at least they're getting closer to the truth.

Beyond CBS News Confirmed's tips to spot weather misinformation online, the nonprofit think tank RAND has developed a 17-point checklist with more information on how to avoid spreading false ...

Amid multiple disasters, FEMA faces funding challenges, misinformation, and politicization Congress gave the agency enough money to last the year. But back-to-back hurricanes are stretching ...