US EditionExperts Reject Cloud Seeding Link to Central Texas Floods
TEXAS, JUL 11 – Rainmaker conducted limited cloud seeding 150 miles south of flood zones on July 2 but experts say the technique cannot trigger storms causing severe floods, meteorologists confirmed.
- Rainmaker Technology carried out a cloud seeding activity over south-central Texas two days prior to the flash flooding that occurred during the Fourth of July weekend.
- The flooding was caused by intense rainfall resulting from the interaction of Tropical Storm Barry’s leftover storm system with the local geography and moisture from the Gulf, rather than from any cloud seeding activity.
- Meteorologists and weather experts emphasized that cloud seeding can only increase precipitation by a small amount and uses existing clouds, which dissipated more than 24 hours before the floods.
- Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene intends to propose a bill that would outlaw weather modification methods such as cloud seeding, responding to false social media claims linking these practices to recent flooding events.
- Authorities, including Rainmaker's CEO and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, stated there is no evidence connecting cloud seeding to the floods, suggesting the event reflects natural atmospheric and geological conditions.
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