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During the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, a number of conspiracy theories have spread about the nature of the hurricanes and about the post-storm disaster recovery. These rumors have caused significant difficulties for first responders and official recovery workers.

Donald Trump stated that FEMA had run out of funding for disaster recovery efforts, and that the agency had spent its budget on immigrant housing. FEMA has not redirected any disaster relief funding to migrant resettlement, and FEMA has continued to spend money towards relief efforts.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia's 14th congressional district insinuated in a tweet that the government was using weather modification to influence the path and severity of hurricanes.

Marjorie Taylor Greene @mtgreenee

Yes they can control the weather.

It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.

October 3, 2024

References

1. Rodriguez & McDaniel 2024: "'Kamala has spent all her FEMA money, billions of dollars, on housing for illegal migrants,' Trump said at a rally Thursday. Harris does not disburse FEMA funding as vice president. The claim about using disaster relief funding to house immigrants is false, a Washington Post fact check found."
2. Hennessy-Fiske et al. 2024: "During a rally Thursday in Saginaw, Mich., former president Donald Trump suggested without evidence that FEMA had used some disaster relief money to help immigrants who are in the country illegally to resettle in the United States. There is no evidence that FEMA has diverted any disaster relief funding for this purpose."
3. Joselow et al. 2024: "FEMA also said in a news release Saturday that federal aid provided had topped $110 million so far."
4. Greene 2024.

Bibliography

Newspapers

• Alvarez, Priscilla; Lyngaas, Sean; Tausche, Kayla; Muntean, Pete (October 9, 2024). "Inside the White House's desperate scramble to swat down hurricane misinformation". CNN. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Bennett, Geoff (October 7, 2024). "Helene recovery complicated by lies, hoaxes and conspiracy theories". News Hour. PBS. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite episode}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Brady, Jeff; Baker, Liz (October 7, 2024). "Helene recovery is more political online than on the ground". NPR. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Doty, Kelly (October 9, 2024). "Republican lawmaker rejects 'outrageous' conspiracy theories about Helene response in NC". WLOS. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Dunbar, Marina (October 7, 2024). "Marjorie Taylor Greene condemned over Helene weather conspiracy theory". The Guardian. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Ferris, Layla (October 7, 2024). "Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories about lithium mining, weather control spread widely". CBS News. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Godfrey, Elaine (October 9, 2024). "November will be worse: Hurricane disinformation was just the start". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Hennessy-Fiske, Molly; Joselow, Maxine; Morse, Clara Ence; Oremus, Will (October 4, 2024). "FEMA deploys to rough terrain after Helene as it faces criticism, fights misinformation". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Jingnan, Huo (October 9, 2024). "How FEMA tries to combat rumors and conspiracy theories about Milton and Helene". WUSF. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Joselow, Maxine; Oremus, Will; De Vynck, Gerrit; Berman, Mark (October 5, 2024). "Helene response hampered by misinformation, conspiracy theories". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Kelly, Stephanie (October 6, 2024). "US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories". Reuters. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Raby, John; Angueira, Gabriella Aoun (October 7, 2024). "FEMA administrator continues pushback against false claims as Helene death toll hits 230". Associated Press. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Rodriguez, Sabrina; McDaniel, Justine (October 4, 2024). "As Trump makes false claims about hurricane relief, White House calls it 'poison'". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Treisman, Rachel (October 9, 2024). "How could hurricanes impact the election? What we can learn from 5 recent storms". NPR. Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Primary sources

• Edwards, Chuck (October 8, 2024). "Debunking Helene Response Myths" (Press release). Retrieved October 9, 2024.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Greene, Marjorie Taylor (October 3, 2024). "Yes they can control the weather. It's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done" (Tweet). Retrieved October 9, 2024 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• LaBolt, Ben (October 8, 2024). "Interested Parties Memo: Fighting Hurricane Helene Falsehoods with Facts" (Press release). White House. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

External links

• "Hurricane Rumor Response". Federal Emergency Management Agency.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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