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An Australian aviation company says it has received more than 100 threats following an online conspiracy theory that its pilots unleashed a flooding disaster by cloud seeding. Conspiracy theorists spread the false claims after weeks of torrential rains led to deadly east coast floods over the past two months, engulfing…
Handel Aviation operator Mark Handel told AFP that the company does not seed clouds.
As floods swept away homes and cars in Australia, online rumors claimed an aviation company documenting the damage was dropping chemicals to "activate rain."
An Australian aviation company said that it has received more than 100 threats following an online conspiracy theory that its pilots unleashed a flooding disaster by cloud seeding. People spread the claims after weeks of torrential rains led to deadly east coast floods over the past two months, engulfing homes and sweeping vehicles from roads. Posts shared online alleged that aerial survey pilots from Handel Aviation caused a second deluge in the flood-ravaged New South Wales (NSW) town of Lismore on Thursday last week by cloud seeding — dispersing a substance into the clouds to prompt rain....