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The claim

Cloud seeding over parts of Texas two days before the floods caused or contributed to the disaster

Original publisher’s rating

False

Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review reports that Rainmaker’s most recent operation near Kerr County was on July 2, two days before the floods, but concludes it did not cause or contribute to them. It cites experts who said the seeded particles would have dispersed and that the July 2 operation would not have changed rainfall from the storms that hit on July 4.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] Deutsche Welle original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: Deutsche Welle. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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