People being rescued from floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil.Jefferson Bernardes/Getty ImagesFloods in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul have sparked a number of online conspiracy theories. Some say the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program has caused the extreme weather.Scientists have dismissed such theories.The state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil has been facing heavy rains since last week, with 143 people confirmed to have lost their lives in the resulting floods so far, the local civil defense agency has said.Eduardo Leite, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, described the weather on X as "unprecedented" in the state's history, adding that it would need "a kind of 'Marshall Plan' to be rebuilt."The state is prone to periods of severe rain and droughts due to its position at a meeting point of tropical and polar climates.Brazil's National Institute of Meteorology has said the current extreme conditions have likely been influenced by El Niño — the warming of sea surface temperature.Nevertheless, a number of bizarre online conspiracy theories have cropped up over what's behind it.Floods in Porto Alegre.Jefferson Bernardes/Getty Images"What's happening in Rio Grande do Sul is definitely not natural," one user wrote on X.

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