{"id":112614,"date":"2024-10-10T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112614"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:27:09","slug":"false-claims-about-hurricane-miltons-origins-spread-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112614","title":{"rendered":"False claims about Hurricane Milton&#8217;s origins spread online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 EXUng\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8991\/live\/61bfd3a0-864d-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Reuters\/NOAA Satellite image of Hurricane Milton above the ocean, with BBC Verify label in the top left corner.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters\/NOAA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">False claims suggesting that Hurricane Milton was \u201cengineered\u201d and that the weather in Florida is being \u201cmanipulated\u201d have been spreading on social media.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">There is no technology that allows humans to create and control hurricanes.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But on platforms like X and TikTok, posts alleging &#8211; without evidence &#8211; that the US government is secretly controlling the weather have been viewed millions of times.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Many were published by accounts known for spreading conspiracy theories, as well as misinformation about Covid-19 or vaccines.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/10\/09\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-during-a-briefing-on-the-administrations-life-saving-preparations-for-hurricane-milton\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">described the claims<!-- --><\/a> as &#8220;beyond ridiculous&#8221;, adding &#8220;it&#8217;s so stupid, it&#8217;s got to stop&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He was responding to Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who in recent days suggested on her social media accounts that the US government &#8220;can control the weather&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Posts seen by BBC Verify mainly suggest Hurricane Milton, one of the strongest storms in recent US history, was purposefully created by shadowy forces at the heart of US politics.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But the accounts making that claim proposed several different explanations for how that was supposedly done.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Some users alleged weather manipulation techniques like cloud seeding are to blame.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Cloud seeding involves manipulating existing clouds to try to produce more rain, for example in countries with a dry climate.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But the south-east of the US had already been hit by huge amounts of rainfall from Hurricane Helene, which triggered deadly flooding in several states just two weeks ago.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWhen we cloud seed, it is because we do not have enough aerosols or water vapor within the atmosphere to see condensation occur, so we try and force it through cloud seeding,\u201d says Jill Trepanier, an expert in extreme weather phenomena from Louisiana State University.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cOver the western Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche, that is not a problem. The Earth will make a hurricane all on its own.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Other users blamed \u201cgeoengineering\u201d instead &#8211; a wide array of methods to manipulate the environment with a view to reducing the effects of climate change.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5ae7\/live\/1dd87fb0-8653-11ef-822c-a50726bfda2e.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A post on X falsely claiming that geoengineering took place before Milton\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But there are no tools that would allow humans to create or control storms like this one.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cThere is no possibility using current knowledge and technology to use geoengineering to modify hurricanes,\u201d says Suzana Camargo from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hurricanes are natural weather systems.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Typically they begin as what is known as a tropical wave &#8211; a low pressure area where thunderstorms and clouds develop.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As strong winds push this system away from Africa and towards the Americas, warm, moist air rises from the tropical Atlantic Ocean, and the system of clouds and winds begins to spin.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/432a\/live\/9d6c8d10-864f-11ef-9329-f30486eb2a33.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Graphic of ingredients typically needed for a hurricane. They include ocean surface waters warmer than 27C, and horizontally spinning winds.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">With sufficient energy from the warm ocean waters, combined with favourable circulation patterns in the atmosphere, it may be able to strengthen into a full hurricane.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Social media posts seen by BBC Verify wrongly suggest hurricanes like this one are being created for sinister reasons, including to attempt to sway next month\u2019s presidential election.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Those assertions are false, but there is a link to human activity because of the way climate change is making these storms generally more intense.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Climate change &#8211; caused by emissions of planet-warming gases such as carbon dioxide from human activities &#8211; is not thought to be increasing the number of tropical storms worldwide.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But rising temperatures do make the strongest hurricanes more likely.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Warmer seas mean that these storms can pick up more energy, potentially leading to higher wind speeds.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hurricane Milton strengthened particularly quickly as it moved over the Gulf of Mexico, where sea surface temperatures were around 1-2C warmer than average.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Peak sustained wind speeds increased from <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2024\/al14\/al142024.public_a.007.shtml?\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">90mph (150km\/h)<!-- --><\/a> to <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/archive\/2024\/al14\/al142024.public_a.010.shtml?\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">175mph (280km\/h)<!-- --><\/a> in just 12 hours on 7 October, according to National Hurricane Center data.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">For some social media users, this sudden change was perceived as \u201cevidence\u201d to back their suggestions this was not a \u201cnatural\u201d storm, but instead one manufactured by humans.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But this trend fits with expectations of hurricanes generally intensifying more quickly in a warming world.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cAs we warm the planet, we anticipate a lot of potential impacts to hurricanes that can make them more damaging &#8211; including the ability to strengthen more quickly over unnaturally warm ocean waters,\u201d explains Andra Garner, an assistant professor at Rowan University in New Jersey.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hurricane Helene \u2013 which hit Florida around two weeks ago \u2013 also intensified rapidly over the Gulf of Mexico.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A new study released on Wednesday found that the exceptionally high sea surface temperatures over its track were made hundreds of times more likely by human-caused warming.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201c[Helene] was significantly more destructive because of climate change,\u201d explains Ben Clarke of the World Weather Attribution group, which led the study.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Beyond typically stronger winds, climate change is also affecting other hurricane hazards.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture &#8211; up to about 7% for every 1C of temperature rise. This means that rainfall can be more intense.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">And global sea-levels have been rising in recent decades, largely thanks to global warming. This makes it more likely that a given storm surge &#8211; short-term increases to sea-levels from storms &#8211; will lead to coastal flooding.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In Florida, average sea-levels have <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sealevel.globalchange.gov\/national-sea-level-explorer\/?state=FL&amp;scope=section_1\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">risen by more than 18cm (7in) since 1970<!-- --><\/a>, according to US government data.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">For some of the users spreading conspiracy theories around Hurricane Milton, this too amounts to \u201cscaremongering\u201d. But the evidence suggests otherwise.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5298\/live\/ce505240-8654-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BBC Verify logo\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx2lyzw7xwxo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters\/NOAA False claims suggesting that Hurricane Milton was \u201cengineered\u201d and that the weather in Florida is being \u201cmanipulated\u201d have been spreading on social media. 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