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International Business Times
International Business Times
Science
Maria-Eduarda JOIA

Brazil's Catastrophic Weather Spawns Spate Of Conspiracy Theories

Historic levels of rainfall and flooding in southern Brazil, such as seen in this aerial view over Porto Alegre on May 6, 2024, have fueled a spate of conspiracy theories (Credit: AFP)

The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and displacing nearly two million, has also spawned a spate of bizarre conspiracy theories, some involving jets' vapor trails and weather antennas in faraway Alaska.

As often happens at times of disaster and great uncertainty, several of these theories have gone viral on social media.

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