The Biden-Harris Administration has launched a Reddit account to provide accurate info on Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The White House will combat misinformation and share updates on federal response, recovery, and preparedness efforts across key sub-Reddits.

TechCrunch: “On Tuesday, a White House official announced that the Biden-Harris administration has launched a White House account on Reddit, where it will release information about the work the federal government is doing. The decision was also driven by a need to meet “more people where they are,” noted White House Deputy Platforms Director Megan Coyne in a post on X.  The account, u/whitehouse, is now sharing critical information about the administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, including the over $37 million in assistance already approved for over 28,000 households. The account also noted there are more than 1,000 FEMA officials on the ground and over 1,200 Urban Search and Rescue personnel in the field who have now rescued or supported over 3,200 survivors. With Milton, another massive category 4 hurricane, now bearing down on Florida’s west coast, forcing mandatory evacuations, it’s likely that the next updates from the new White House Reddit account will continue to focus on the administration’s handling of these natural disasters, which represent the devastating impacts of climate change — a force that has warmed ocean temperatures to fuel powerful, record-breaking storms…”