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తమిళనాడులో మద్యం మత్తులో ఉన్న ఒక వ్యక్తి గోడ అనుకొని సాంబార్ గిన్నెలో పడి మరణించిన ఘటన యొక్క దృశ్యాలు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Recent flood visuals from Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The claim concerns a video of two people being swept along by floodwater and rescued by locals, presented as recent flooding in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. FACTLY’s review says it checked whether that video was actually from the recent Jodhpur floods. It reports that media coverage instead associated the footage with Jaipur, and concludes that the video did not depict the claimed Jodhpur event. The review also notes that Jodhpur had received heavy rainfall, distinguishing that real weather from the origin of the circulating video. [S1: “The video shows two persons being swept away by the flood water before they were rescued by locals.”; “Though Rajasthan’s Jodhpur received heavy rainfall recently, this video is not related to the recent Jodhpur floods.”] To trace the footage, the review says it used reverse-image search with InVID WeVerify and found the same video in news broadcasts from 2020. It identifies CNN-News18 and TV9 Bharatvarsh uploads dated 14 August 2020, and an Indian Express report dated 15 August 2020. The review’s account therefore places the clip in Jaipur-related coverage at least two years before the Jodhpur claim. [S1: “We ran the Reverse Image search using InVID WeVerify tool and found that the same video was already telecast in 2020 by several News channels.”; “CNN-News18 uploaded the video on 14 August 2020”; “The Indian Express published an article 15 August 2020 on its website explaining the situation in flooded city of Jaipur.”] There is a qualification about how old the video may be. A journalist’s August 2020 post described it as three years old, but FACTLY says it could not locate an earlier version and therefore treats the evidence as establishing only that the video was at least two years old and associated with Jaipur—not that its precise original recording date was proven. [S1: “However, a journalist by name Soumit Mohan, posted the same video on 14 August 2020”; “Based on this information, we tried to find the earlier version of this video but couldn’t find anything other than the videos/news articles posted in August 2020.”; “it is evident that the viral video is at least 2 years old and thus not related to recent Jodhpur floods.”]
जोधपुर में हुए भयंकर तेज बारिश के चलते पानी के तेज बहाव में लोग बहते नजर आरहे हैं।
Publisher’s rating: False
Collage toont aan dat dezelfde auto werd gebruikt voor drie verschillende auto-ongelukken
Publisher’s rating: De claim dat dezelfde auto betrokken was bij drie verschillende ongelukken is onzin. In de bovenste foto van de collage is de witte Renault gefotoshopt. De onderste twee foto’s zijn van hetzelfde ongeluk. Deze crash gebeurde op 27 juli 2022 bij Meppel, na een aanrijding met de berg hooi en balken.
जोधपुर में जोरदार बारीश लोगो का हूआ बुरा हाल।”
Publisher’s rating: False
فيضانات عارمة في مدينة الفجيرة في الإمارات أدت الى خسائر مادية جسيمة
Publisher’s rating: خطأ
Ongeval in Meppel was in scène gezet.
Publisher’s rating: De foto van de gecrashte auto is wel degelijk van 27 juli 2022 en werd genomen op de snelweg bij Meppel. Het bedrijf waar de auto van is en de politie bevestigen dit. De crash kan bovendien niet in februari zijn geweest, omdat de bomen op de foto dan een stuk kaler waren geweest.
Recent video showing vehicles, houses and men getting washed away in the flooded streets of Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a composite video presented as recent footage of flooding in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. FACTLY’s review examined the video clip by clip and concluded that most of its scenes were not from Jodhpur. It identified footage from other locations in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, as well as a clip from Mexico. The review’s conclusion is therefore about the compilation as a whole, not a denial that flooding occurred in Jodhpur. The investigation describes using reverse image searches to trace several clips and comparing them with earlier publications and social-media posts. For the truck scene, it found similar footage in a Times of India article identifying a milk tanker in a flooded drain in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh; the review also says a Republic TV journalist confirmed Dhar. For the house scene, it found similar footage in a Times of India report describing a house filled with rainwater in Gujarat. These matches place scenes used in the compilation outside Jodhpur. The review also found that some footage was old or had been attributed elsewhere. A clip of vehicles being swept through a street matched footage of the Kote Gate area of Bikaner published in 2019. A clip labeled as people being swept away in Jodhpur had circulated since at least 2019, but the review could not establish its exact location. Another scene of men rescuing people was reported by News 18 in 2020 as footage from Jaipur. Taken together, the identified origins and dates contradict presenting the compilation as recent, wholly Jodhpur footage; the review explicitly leaves the location of one clip unresolved.
बुंदेलखंड एक्सप्रेसवे में टूटे पुल का वीडियो
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Video of vehicles being washed away in the flooded streets of Mumbai
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a video presented as recent footage of vehicles being swept away in Mumbai’s flooded streets. FACTLY’s review identifies the footage instead as an incident in the Kote Gate area of Bikaner, Rajasthan, in August 2019. It says the video is old and “has nothing to do with Mumbai.” The review describes several checks supporting that conclusion. A reverse-image search of video screenshots found similar footage posted by Facebook users in August 2019, described as showing Kote Gate in Bikaner; a journalist shared it with a similar description around that time. The review also found similar footage published by Rajasthan Tak on 01 August 2019 and a Patrika report about vehicles being swept away in Bikaner, also dated 01 August 2019. The review adds location-specific evidence: signs for Theen Bhayiyo Ki Dukaan and Khatri Cloth stores are visible beside the flooded road, and it places both stores in the Kem Road area of Kotak Gate, Bikaner. It also reports that Jagran contacted shop owner Kishore Kumar, who said the video was from Bikaner and was three years old. Together, the earlier posts, local reporting, visible landmarks and the shopkeeper’s identification contradict the claim that the video shows a recent Mumbai incident.
Visuals of a collapsed bridge that connects Akkalkuwa (town in Maharashtra) to Ankleshwar (city in Gujarat)
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The claim concerns a video said to show a bridge connecting Akkalkuwa in Maharashtra with Ankleshwar in Gujarat collapsing during severe flooding. FACTLY’s investigation identifies the footage as showing a different bridge and a different event: a collapse in Jammu’s Gadigarh area on 26 August 2020, following heavy rain and rising water in a stream. To check the video’s provenance, the investigation says it performed a reverse image search on screenshots. That search led to a 2020 Facebook post showing the same video, whose description placed the collapse at Dharap village on the outskirts of Jammu. FACTLY then searched using related keywords and reported finding media coverage of the incident. The review says those reports described a portion of a bridge in Gadigarh collapsing after heavy rainfall. It also cites a local resident identifying the structure as Bablian bridge. These details place the footage in Jammu and establish that it does not depict the Akkalkuwa–Ankleshwar bridge described in the claim. The misleading element is therefore the attribution of the Jammu footage to a bridge connecting Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Recent visuals of flooded streets near the Taj Hotel, Gateway to India
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review examined a social-media video presented as recent flooding near Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Hotel and Gateway of India. Its central finding was that the footage did not show the 2022 rains: the same video had appeared on YouTube in 2021. To trace the footage, the review says it searched online using relevant keywords and found a YouTube upload with similar visuals titled “Mumbai Rain, Gateway of India, Taj Hotel,” posted on 23 July 2021. It also found the same video on another YouTube channel on 19 July 2021. Those earlier uploads are the review’s key evidence that the footage predated the rains it was said to depict. The review further notes that media outlets had shared similar visuals of large waves at the Gateway of India in reports attributing them to Cyclone Tauktae. It concludes that the video was old and unrelated to the recent rains and flooding. A later update discusses a separate video attributed to Mumbai rains in 2022; it says that footage had been uploaded by CNN-News18 on 17 May 2021 and attributed to flooding near the Gateway of India during Cyclone Tauktae.
ជំនន់ទឹកភ្លៀងនៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញឆ្នាំ២០២២
Publisher’s rating: វីដេអូរយៈពេល ១៤វិនាទីនេះ មិនមែនជាទិដ្ឋភាពជំនន់ទឹកភ្លៀងនៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញនាពេលថ្មីៗនេះឡើយ។ វាជាទឹកជំនន់វាយប្រហារសង្កាត់ជាច្រើននៅខណ្ឌដង្កោកាលពីឆ្នាំ២០២០កន្លងមក។
ទំព័រហ្វេសប៊ុកមួយ បានចែករំលែកនូវរូបថតមួយសន្លឹក បង្ហាញទិដ្ឋភាពនៃការលិចលង់ផ្លូវមួយកន្លែង ដោយសារជំនន់ទឹកភ្លៀង។ រូបថតនេះ ក៏បានបង្ហាញនូវសភាពទឹកជន់លិចពណ៌ខៀវថ្លាដូចទៅនឹងទឹកសមុទ្រផងដែរ។
Publisher’s rating: Altered
Ces accidents ont eu lieu recemment à Gand et à Havre.
Publisher’s rating: Il s’agit de tentatives d‘hameçonnage. Ce type de fraude en ligne, également appelé « phishing » vise à soutirer de l’argent ou d’importantes informations aux utilisateurs. Les accidents montrés sur les photos sont en fait de 2020 et 2021.
The posts described in the review presented crash scenes as recent fatal accidents in Ghent and Havré, and urged users to follow a link to help identify the victims. The review says the link did not provide the promised photos: it led to an external page resembling Facebook, where users were asked to enter their Facebook login and password. The URL showed that the page was not Facebook. The review concludes that the posts were a phishing attempt, rather than genuine appeals for help. The images also did not establish that the crashes had recently happened in the named Belgian locations. The scene attributed to Ghent showed French gendarmes; the review traces it to a crash in Laon, in France’s Aisne department, in July 2020, which reportedly killed four children. The other image was from a crash in Belgium in August 2021, on the A40 between Aix and Liège near Welkenraedt—not a recent crash in Havré. Four vehicles were involved and a woman died. The review describes a reverse-image search leading to reporting about the Laon crash, and identifies the older dates and locations for both images. It says the outdated images, false claims and suspicious login link together showed that the posts were designed to get users to click and disclose account credentials, not to help identify victims.
Visuals of the Bundelkhand Expressway which caved in recently due to heavy rains
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The post presented a video of a caved-in road as showing damage to the newly inaugurated Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh after recent rains. The review found that this identification was wrong: the video showed a road in Madhya Pradesh, not the expressway. It also clarified that a part of the Bundelkhand Expressway had in fact caved in after recent rains, so the error was attributing the video’s visuals to that separate incident. [S1: “A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows the visuals of the Bundelkhand Expressway which was inaugurated by PM Modi in Uttar Pradesh recently. A caved in road is visible in the video.”; “The posted video is not related to the Bundelkhand Expressway (UP). It shows a road caved in Madhya Pradesh. However, it is true that a part of the Bundelkhand Expressway caved in after recent rains.”] To investigate the video, the reviewers ran screenshots from it through Google Reverse Image Search and found similar videos. The review says one was posted by The Times of India with a description identifying a newly constructed bridge between Bhopal and Hoshangabad as damaged in the first rain; it also notes that other news agencies reported the Madhya Pradesh incident. [S1: “When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. A similar video was posted by ‘The Times of India’ with the following description – ‘Madhya Pradesh: Newly-constructed bridge between Bhopal and Hoshangabad damaged in the first rain’. Many other news agencies have also reported about this incident from Madhya Pradesh.”] The review’s conclusion is therefore about the footage’s provenance, not whether expressway damage occurred: the shared video showed a road caved in Madhya Pradesh, while the expressway also suffered a cave-in after recent rains. [S1: “To sum it up, the posted video shows a road caved in Madhya Pradesh, not the Bundelkhand Expressway (UP).”]
La photo montre un accident à Bruxelles.
Publisher’s rating: La publication et le lien sont des tentatives de « phishing », autrement appelé hameçonnage. Ce type de fraude en ligne vise à soutirer de l’argent ou d’importantes informations aux utilisateurs. L’accident photographié en fait eu lieu en 2017.
The claim concerned a Facebook post that said a crash had happened in Brussels in July and killed seven young people. The post showed two badly damaged vehicles and urged people to identify the victims through a link presented as providing access to photographs. The review found that the pictured crash was not in Brussels: it happened in France, and the image was from an accident in 2017. The post’s account of the location and date therefore misrepresented the photograph.