Hurricane Beryl’s St. Louis saltwater rain claim is bunk [Video]

A claim circulating in Midwest Facebook circles said the temporary hurricane could damage lawns and even cars. Meteorologists say the claim is bunk.

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis is recovering from widespread flooding after the remnants of Hurricane Beryl on Tuesday. Numerous people on Facebook, however, claimed people needed to worry about the kind of water dumped on the region.

Multiple accounts on the social media site claimed the storm system that drenched the region dropped saltwater rain due to how long Beryl took to manifest in the Gulf of Mexico. The accounts also claimed the rain, because of its supposed high acidity, the rain could potentially damage grass lawns and even car paint.

Is any of this claim true? We reached out to the area’s top experts to VERIFY.