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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Heart health warnings about cold weather are real, and predate the pandemic
Warnings about heart problems and blood clots in cold weather are to cover up COVID-19 vaccine side effects.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blood Clots And Heart Issues ARE Caused By Cold Weather And Stress
Is it false to blame blood clots and heart issues on cold weather and stress? No, that's not true: Heart issues can be caused by both cold weather and stress as reputable doctors and heart organizations have stated. The implication in a s
Snopes→ COVID-19 Deaths On the Rise as Cold Weather Sets In
There are some troubling indicators, including the onset of cold weather, which sends people indoors, where the virus can more easily spread.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jacksonville Air Traffic Controller Protest Over COVID Vaccine Did NOT Cause Delays — Weather, Crew Positioning Caused The Cancellations
Did air traffic controllers at the Jacksonville International Airport stage a walkout Friday, October 8, to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates, resulting in all flights in and out of Florida being cancelled? No, that's not true: The Nation
PolitiFact→ What does extreme weather tell us about climate change?
PolitiFact→ What does extreme weather tell us about climate change?
Snopes→ Cold Weather Virus in Summer Baffles Docs, Worries Parents
RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a common cause of cold-like symptoms but can be serious for infants and the elderly.
Snopes→ Do These Photos Show the Effects of Extreme Hot Weather?
Extreme heat waves are not to be taken lightly, even if many photographs purporting to show their effects are unrelated.
Snopes→ Did Logan Paul Wear a Pokémon Card at Floyd Mayweather Jr. Fight?
Gotta fight 'em all.
Snopes→ Weather Experts: Lack of Planning Caused Cold Catastrophe
Government and private meteorologists saw it coming, some nearly three weeks in advance.
Snopes→ Biden Tours Pfizer Vaccine Plant As Weather Delays 6M Shots
Disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House and states scrambling to make up lost ground.
Snopes→ Biden Tours Pfizer Vaccine Plant As Weather Delays 6M Shots
Disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House and states scrambling to make up lost ground.
AFP Fact Check→ German solar, wind power did not fail in cold weather
Posts shared more than 200,000 times on Facebook in February 2021 allege that Germany’s renewable energy supply failed after snow covered solar panels and wind turbines froze. This is false; figures show that the country’s electricity production fr
AFP Fact Check→ German solar, wind power did not fail in cold weather
Posts shared more than 200,000 times on Facebook in February 2021 allege that Germany’s renewable energy supply failed after snow covered solar panels and wind turbines froze. This is false; figures show that the country’s electricity production fr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Phone Number For FEMA To Pay For Hotel Rooms Is NOT Correct Number For Cold Weather Victims
Does the number offered in a Facebook post connect to a line to secure FEMA disaster relief to pay for a hotel room? No, that's not true: The number listed is indeed a FEMA number, but it is a helpline for internet problems -- not a numbe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany’s Wind Turbines And Solar Panels Did NOT Suddenly Stop Working Due To Weather Conditions
Did all of Germany's close to 30,000 wind turbines and millions of photovoltaic panels suddenly stop working due to harsh weather conditions? And do wind turbines in Germany have to be heated in cold temperatures, taxing the country's ene
Snopes→ FEMA Opens Mass Vaccine Sites As Bad Weather Hampers Efforts
FEMA opened its first COVID-19 mass vaccination sites in Los Angeles and Oakland as part of an effort to get shots into arms more quickly and reach minority communities hit hard by the outbreak.
AFP Fact Check→ Thailand’s weather agency warns of old hoax about extreme weather circulating on social media
A message warning of “extreme weather change” that was purportedly issued by the Meteorological Department of Thailand has been shared in multiple posts on Facebook and Line. The claim is false; the Meteorological Department denied ever issuing the
Snopes→ Did Noodles Freeze Mid-Air Due to Cold Weather?
Just how cold does it get in Novosibirsk, Russia?
AFP Fact Check→ Doctored weather forecast circulates in false Facebook posts about tropical cyclones hitting the Philippines
A photo has been shared repeatedly on Facebook alongside a claim it shows a series of tropical cyclones set to hit the Philippines immediately after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in November 2020. The claim is false: the photo has been digitally altered
Snopes→ Will Warm Weather Kill Coronavirus?
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped the virus would go away in April 2020 because the "heat generally speaking kills this kind of virus."
Snopes→ Super Tuesday Voters in Some States Brave Severe Weather
As Super Tuesday voting got underway, deadly storms that spawned tornadoes and heavy rains left treacherous conditions in at least two of the 14 states where residents were voting.
Snopes→ Television’s Weather Channel Wades into Climate Debate
The Weather Channel is moving beyond cold fronts and heat waves to wade into the politics of climate change, with a special planned for early next month that includes interviews with nine presidential candidates on the topic.
Truth or Fiction?→ Weather Agency Contradicts Itself Over Trump’s Hurricane ‘Forecast’
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) disavowed its own agency’s findings in a brief statement on September 6 2019, siding with United States President Donald Trump amid allegations that the president may have illegally alte
Snopes→ Did CNN Mislabel Alabama as Mississippi on Hurricane Dorian Weather Map?
The state of Alabama received some strange news coverage during Hurricane Dorian in the summer of 2019.
Snopes→ The Force Is Now with Disney World, But the Weather Isn’t
The Force is strong with Disney and Star Wars, but it may be no match for Hurricane Dorian.
Snopes→ Does a Graphic Compare Weather Maps From 2050 and 2019?
A hypothetical weather map for the year 2050 bears a few similarities to a map of the June 2019 heat wave in Europe.
Climate Feedback→ Financial Post commentary jumps to unsupported conclusions in claiming “climate change isn’t causing extreme weather”
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This op-ed published by the Financial Post, written by Ross McKitrick, describes a presentation by University of Colorado Boulder researcher Roger Pielke, Jr. The article misrepresents analyses of trends in US weat
Snopes→ Snowman Pops Up in Vegas as City Sees Rare Winter Weather
Las Vegas is getting a rare taste of real winter weather, with significant snowfall across the metro area in the first event of its kind since record keeping started back in 1937.
Snopes→ Why Do Groundhogs Emerge on February 2 If It’s Not to Predict the Weather?
Groundhogs – also known as woodchucks – don’t emerge at this time just to be furry weather predictors. So what’s the real reason?
Climate Feedback→ How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?
This article was originally published at Carbon Brief by Robert McSweeney, and has been praised by scientists as a nuanced summary of the research on this topic. (The top image from NASA Earth Observatory shows temperatures on 29 January 2019.) &nbs
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Local Man NOT Arrested After Cosplaying Mr. Freeze And Yelling Cold Weather Puns At People in Sioux Falls
Was a man from Sioux Falls in South Dakota arrested for dressing up like the character Mr. Freeze from the Batman comics and yelling cold weather puns at people in a Walmart parking lot? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a satirica
Climate Feedback→ Washington Post article accurately discusses warm Arctic weather event
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in The Washington Post describes a pattern of unusually warm weather in February 2018, during which the North Pole saw above-freezing air temperatures. The article also places this event in context of
Snopes→ Weather Channel Reporter Braces in Storm That Leaves Others Unaffected
A video clip of a report captured during Hurricane Florence appeared to show some very selective heavy winds.
Climate Feedback→ Guardian story accurately covers sea ice event but makes unsupported connection to weather patterns and the Gulf Stream
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in The Guardian describes unusual Arctic sea ice conditions north of Greenland, where an area normally covered by old and thick ice expected to be the last to melt due to global warming has broken up t
Climate Feedback→ Washington Post story puts recent weather extremes in accurate climate change context
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This story in The Washington Post lists a variety of extreme weather events seen around the Northern Hemisphere recently. The article explains that some of these types of weather are known to be connected to human-
Climate Feedback→ Daily Mail correctly reports that climate change leads to more severe heatwaves, but explanation of recent weather is off the mark
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in the Daily Mail describes recent record warmth occurring in a number of different places. But while the article is correct to note that climate change results in more frequent and stronger heatwaves,
Snopes→ Did Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Sign for a Rematch?
A journalist's tweet inflamed discussion about a potential second bout between the boxing and UFC stars.
Hoax-Slayer→ Hoax Message Claims Cars Not Insured During UK Red Weather Alerts
According to a message currently circulating via social media, your car is not insured to drive during red weather alerts in the UK. The post Hoax Message Claims Cars Not Insured During UK Red Weather Alerts appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.