When severe storms hit, many people reach for their phones and cameras to capture images and videos of what's happening around them.

And in Canada, storm chasers and organizations like Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) rely partly on the public when tracking severe weather activity.

But in recent years, people have begun fabricating weather stories using photo editing software to modify images, creating photos and videos using AI (artificial intelligence) and even lying about the date and time a photo was taken.

"We have awesome satellites and radars, but they can only tell us so much," Crawford Luke, a meteorologist with ECCC, told CBC.

Luke said they especially rely on reports and photos from the public for thunderstorms and heavy snow storms.

"We might issue a warning sa

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