Whereas Florida recovers from Hurricane Milton, the second harmful storm to hit the U.S. Southeast in simply a few weeks, a flood of misinformation threatens to compound the disasters. A serious goal of false claims is the Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA), the federal government physique coordinating restoration efforts from Hurricanes Milton and Helene—the latter of which has killed no less than 230 individuals for the reason that storm made landfall in late September. FEMA has arrange a debunking web page as a result of it faces so many dangerous and inaccurate rumors.
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“You at all times see misinformation after disasters,” says Lisa Fazio, an affiliate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt College. “You don’t at all times see nationwide political figures being those spreading that misinformation.”
