“Acapulco destroyed by yet another directed weather attack!”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 6 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
There are weather modification programs in use, but none that could intensify a hurricane or direct it on a path, experts said.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/globalawareness101/3230331709865823744
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