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Disasters & emergencies fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about disasters & emergencies. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,262 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Video of avalanche shows the “power of nature.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Los cinco tripulantes del sumergible Titan “estan vivos”.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

“Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Imágenes en este video de un tobogán inflable volando son de la "tormenta tropical helena en Florida EEUU".

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Says Joe Biden didn’t act in response to the emergency in Texas.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Imagen muestra "potente terremoto … en medio de una tormenta solar" en Filipinas.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

As Hurricane Ian approached, President Joe Biden said, “a vital part of preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated now.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Video shows tornado caused by Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

A photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

An image shows animals burning in the Australia wildfires

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Video shows “the earthquake in Turkey.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

“Revelan momentos exactos de la caída del helicóptero con el presidente de Iran abordo…”.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgDisasters & emergencies

A meme claims to show images that "were captured during the wildfires in California" and suggests they could be "evidence that powerful lasers were used to cause" the fires.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

“Moscow was engulfed in flames” after a giant explosion.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactDisasters & emergencies

Video shows tornadoes in Canada.

Publisher’s rating: False

PesaCheckDisasters & emergencies

Silverstone plane incident

Publisher’s rating: False.