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Disasters & emergencies fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about disasters & emergencies. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,259 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo CambodiaDisasters & emergencies

អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​ហ្វេស​ប៊ុក​ម្នាក់​ បាន​បង្ហោះ​វីដេអូ​ឃ្លីប​មួយ​ បង្ហាញ​អំពី​ទិដ្ឋភាព​សាក​សព​ និង​មនុស្ស​ចោម​រោម​ជា​ច្រើន​។​ វីដេអូ​មួយ​នេះ​ ត្រូវ​បាន​ភ្ជាប់​ និង​អះ​អាង​ថា​ជា​ជន​រង​គ្រោះ​ពី​ហេតុ​ការណ៍​រត់​ជាន់​គ្នា​នៅ​ទីក្រុង​សេអ៊ូល​ ប្រទេស​កូរ៉េ​ខាង​ត្បូង ​កាល​ពី​ប៉ុន្មាន​ថ្ងៃ​កន្លង​ទៅ​នេះ​។​

Publisher’s rating: False

FACTLYDisasters & emergencies

Visuals of the recent helicopter crash in Kedarnath on 18 October 2022

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a social-media video presented as showing the helicopter crash in Kedarnath on 18 October 2022. The review describes the footage as showing two helicopters at helipads, with one taking off and the other remaining there. It says the hashtags and the video text, “Kedarnath Heli cash,” were used to suggest that this was the crashed helicopter. The review’s finding is that the footage shows a take-off, not a crash. To distinguish the helicopter in the video from the one involved in the event, the review compares their registration codes: it reports VT-BSG for the helicopter in the video and VT-RPN for the helicopter that crashed on 18 October. It also describes a visual comparison with chopper images in news reports: the crashed helicopter’s tail was blue, while the helicopter taking off in the viral video was yellow. These checks support the review’s conclusion that the footage was misrepresented as crash visuals. The review says the video can be found among Google Maps visuals of the Kedarnath helipad and that its location matches other videos filmed there. Its account therefore identifies the setting as the Kedarnath helipad but distinguishes the depicted event—a helicopter take-off—from the crash named in the claim.

FACTLYDisasters & emergencies

Video of congress party’s MLA Brijesh Merja going into water to rescue Morbi bridge collapse victims

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a video circulated after the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat. It described the man entering the water with a tube to help victims as Brijesh Merja, identified in the claim as a Congress MLA. FACTLY’s review says the video instead shows Kantilal Amrutiya, Morbi’s former BJP MLA, helping at the collapse site. The review therefore distinguishes the person in the footage from the politician named in the claim. [S1]

Sunanda NaikDisasters & emergencies

Video of a gas cylinder blast at Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerned a video said to show a gas-cylinder blast in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. NewsMeter reports that it investigated the video’s location and found that no such blast had recently occurred in Barabanki. Its conclusion was that the footage instead showed an incident in Guwahati, Assam. To check the location, NewsMeter says it performed a reverse-image search, which led to a YouTube Short uploaded on 20 August 2022. The Short’s title placed the incident in Bhangagarh, Guwahati. The review then reports finding multiple tweets identifying the incident as having occurred in Bhangagarh on that date. The review also cites an India Today NE post describing a large fire at a restaurant below the Bhangagarh Flyover. That post said a cylinder blast was suspected but not confirmed, and reported no injuries or casualties at the time. NewsMeter further points to an East Mojo video report, uploaded on 20 August 2022, about a fire in Guwahati’s Bhangagarh. Thus the footage was mislocated as Barabanki, while the available reporting did not establish that a cylinder caused the Guwahati fire.

FACTLYDisasters & emergencies

Video of a gas cylinder blast in UP’s Barabanki

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The post claimed that a video showed a gas-cylinder blast in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. The review says it found no recent report of a fire accident matching that claim in Barabanki. It instead identifies the footage as showing a fire in the Bhangagarh area of Guwahati, Assam, on 20 August 2022: according to the review, a cylinder blast inside a shop beneath the Bhangagarh flyover triggered the blaze. The fire brigade responded, and no casualties were reported. To check the video’s location, the review reports two steps: searching for reports of an accident in Barabanki and running a reverse image search on key frames from the viral video. It says the image search led to August 2022 posts identifying the footage with Bhangagarh, Guwahati, and that news reports described the same incident. The review says it compared visuals in the viral clip with visuals in those reports and found them to match. Its conclusion is that the video depicts the Guwahati fire, not a reported incident in Barabanki.

FACTLYDisasters & emergencies

Image of a train damaged in Europe after collision with cattle

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a circulating image presented as showing a European train damaged after hitting cattle. FACTLY reports that a reverse image search connected the image to reports about a different accident: two trains operated by the National Company of Tunisian Railways collided in Tunisia on 21 March 2022. The review says the collision occurred in the south of the capital, Tunis, and that at least 72 people were injured. The image therefore does not show the claimed cattle collision in Europe. According to the review, it depicts a train damaged in the collision between the two trains in Tunisia. The post misrepresents both the location and the cause of the damage: Tunisia is in Africa, and the train was damaged after colliding with another train, not cattle.

FACTLYDisasters & emergencies

Recent pictures of damaged Indian army vehicles after being hit by a massive landslide in Ladakh

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The post presented a collage as recent pictures of Indian army vehicles hit by a massive landslide in Ladakh and also claimed six soldiers were killed. FACTLY reports that it checked the images using reverse image searches and compared them with earlier reporting and an Indian Air Force post. It found that the images did not show the claimed Ladakh incident. For the first image, the review traced it to an Indian Air Force rescue operation in Kutch. The Air Force described rescuing 125 people stranded on the Naraa Hajipur Road in Bhuj Taluka; the review says the same picture had appeared in a News18 article in October 2019 and in an IAF post dated 12 August 2019. For another image, FACTLY identified an army truck that had fallen into a gorge near Shaitan Bridge in Arunachal Pradesh, reported by East Mojo on 18 October 2019. The third image was reported as an army vehicle accident in Pulwama district on 19 September 2020, in which two soldiers were reportedly injured. The review distinguishes these old or unrelated images from the reported landslide: it says three Indian army vehicles were buried in a mudslide in Ladakh and preliminary reports said at least six soldiers had died. It also says it could not find credible sources about the last image in the collage. Thus, the review’s conclusion concerns whether the collage depicts the recent Ladakh incident—not whether that incident itself occurred.

Fact Crescendo CambodiaDisasters & emergencies

ទំព័រ​ហ្វេស​ប៊ុក​មួយ​​​ឈ្មោះ​ «ព្រះធ​ម៌.Page» បាន​បង្ហោះ​រូប​ថត​ចំនួន ​៥​សន្លឹក​ ដែល​ក្នុង​នោះ​មាន​រូប​ថត​ ៣​សន្លឹក​ បង្ហាញ​ទិដ្ឋភាព​នៃពិធី​បុណ្យ​បូជា​សព​ជាច្រើន​នា​ពេល​រាត្រី​។​ ទំព័រ​ហ្វេស​ប៊ុក​ដដែល​ខាង​លើ​នេះ បាន​ភ្ជាប់​រូប​ថត​ទាំង​នេះ​​ទៅ​នឹង​ហេតុការណ៍​លិច​ទូក​ចម្លង ដែល​បាន​កើត​ឡើង​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៣​ ខែ​តុលា​​ ឆ្នាំ​២០២២​កន្លង​ទៅ​ នៅភូមិ​សាស្ត្រ​ស្រុក​លើក​ដែក​ ខេត្ត​កណ្ដាល​។​

Publisher’s rating: False