The claim
The viral video shows real footage of a cloudburst.
Original review summary
FACTLY reports that the video was uploaded by an Instagram page with a description identifying it as AI-created, and that the page administrator confirmed it was made using RunwayML. The review also notes visual inconsistencies and says Hive assessed it as 99.6% likely to be AI-generated, concluding that it is not real cloudburst footage.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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