‘They control weather’: Trump supporters have been brewing up a storm of hurricane misinformation [Video]

AS FLORIDA CONTINUES to deal with the damage caused by Hurricane Milton, the US government’s response has become a divisive political issue.

With just a few weeks until the US presidential election, some Republicans – including Donald Trump – have been exploiting the death and destruction left by Milton and Hurricane Helene, which struck the southeast of the country at the end of September.

Republicans and conspiracy theorists alike have spread a deluge of misinformation about how the federal government has responded to both events, and even the origin of the storms.

Outgoing US President Joe Biden Biden and Democrat nominee Kamala Harris have fought back in an effort to show the government is in control of the situation, and have accused Trump in particular of putting survivors in danger.

This week, Biden labelled misinformation around the hurricanes as “un-American”, as Republicans seek to use the devastation wrought by them …