Has reality died? As the United States heads towards a fateful election, Donald Trump and his supporters are spreading wild lies about the weather. Yet millions of Americans will still vote for him.
After the hurricane: America goes mad
Storm brewing: False claims, such as those above, have been circulated by Trump supporters on social media, with new rules on X making sharing false viral content more lucrative than ever. Glossary
Barack Obama - The Democrat US president between 2008 and 2016.
Orator - A skilled public speaker.
Kamala Harris - US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate. If elected, she will be the first female vice president of the USA.
Pittsburgh - A city in the US state of Pennsylvania.
Post-truth - After truth. A society where established fact does not matter.
Hurricane - A storm with violent winds that move in a circular direction.
Tornadoes - A strong, dangerous wind that spins very quickly in a funnel and reaches down to the ground. It can destroy things that it passes over.
Misinformation - Incorrect or misleading information unintentionally presented as fact. It can be contrasted with disinformation or deliberate lies.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
CGI - Computer-generated imagery.
Conspiracy theorist - A person who believes that some secret but influential organisation is responsible for a particular event or phenomenon.
Republican Party - Also known as the Grand Old Party or GOP, it is one of the USA's two major political parties. Its first president was Abraham Lincoln. It sits on the right of the political spectrum.
Congresswoman - A member of the US Congress, the lawmaking body of the United States. It is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Cloud seeding - A weather modification technique. It involves adding substances to clouds to make it rain.
15-minute cities - An idea proposed by the Franco-Columbian urbanist Carlos Moreno that describes a city in which all daily amenities are located no more than a 15-minute walk from every resident.
Governor - In the USA, governors are elected leaders of the 50 states.
X - A social media network, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk.