For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the technology isn't capable of causing extreme, sudden flooding.

All clouds need “seeds” called condensation nuclei or ice nuclei to properly develop. This could be a speck of dust, clay or pollen in the atmosphere. There are several temperature, moisture and air motion processes that come into play. However, ice nuclei are very important for the formation of ice crystals in the upper part of clouds.

Cloud seeding operations have covered about one-sixth of Texas, spanning approximately 31 million acres across the Northwest, West and South regions of the state as of 2022, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).

Augustus Doricko knew when he founded a cloud-seeding startup in 2023 that he’d have to contend with misunderstandings and conspiracy theories surrounding the technology. Still, he wasn’t quite

Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser and election denier, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about Russia, told his 2.1 million followers on X that he’d “love to see the response” from the company to the accusations that it was responsible for the inundation.

A Tennessee congresman is backing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's push to ban "weather modification" in the wake of devastating floods in Texas. What to know.

The catastrophic flood in Central Texas has put cloud seeding under the microscope. FOX 26 Houston Chief Meteorologist Mike Iscovitz explains what it is and why it did not cause the deadly flooding.

"Let's put an end to the conspiracy theories and stop blaming others," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement.