Florida AG floats ‘cloud seeding’ weather modification theory after deadly Texas floods

Published July 14, 2025 10:35pm ET



Florida‘s attorney general speculated that weather modification technology could have played a role in the deadly Texas flash floods.

On Monday, James Uthmeier wrote a letter to all public-use airports in the state, warning against any geoengineering or weather modification technology, which the state had recently banned. Most notable, however, was a line in the letter in which the Republican attorney general speculated that “cloud seeding” technology could have played a role in the Texas floods that have killed 132 people and left 101 missing.

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