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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

youturnDisasters & emergencies

பாஜக கூட்டணி ஆட்சி நடக்கும் பிஹாரில், சுபால் மற்றும் மதுபானி மாவட்டங்களை இணைக்கும் கோசி ஆற்றின் குறுக்கே ரூ. 1200 கோடி செலவில் கட்டப்பட்டு வரும் பாலத்தின் ஒரு பகுதி திடீரென இடிந்து விழுந்தது. இந்த விபத்தினால் பல தொழிலாளர்கள் இடிபாடுகளுக்குள் சிக்கியுள்ளதாகவும், படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளதாகவும், சிலர் இறந்ததாகவும் தகவல்கள் வருகிறது. சோழ பேரரசர்களான ராஜராஜ சோழன் மற்றும் ராஜேந்திர சோழன் ஆகியோரின் பிரம்மாண்டமான சிலைகள் தமிழகத்தில் அமைக்கப்படும் என்று பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடி இன்று அறிவித்தார்.

Publisher’s rating: misleading

Fact CrescendoDisasters & emergencies

Claim: ரஷ்யாவில் நிலநடுக்கம் ஏற்பட்ட பிறகு, ஹவாய் நோக்கி சுனாமி அலைகள் சென்ற காட்சி என்று ஒரு வீடியோ தொகுப்பு சமூக ஊடகங்களில் வைரலாக பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE

The review found that the compilation combined older footage from earthquakes in Japan, Myanmar and Thailand, along with footage of U.S. coastal waves; it says only the footage of doctors continuing surgery during the Russian earthquake was from that event. The review concludes that the compilation did not show the other scenes as footage from the Russian earthquake.

Deutsche WelleDisasters & emergencies

Whales stranded in Japan because of the tsunami?

Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Unknown A reverse image search confirms the footage is from a TBS News report. Agency photos from The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP, via picture alliance verify that whales were indeed stranded. However, according to Chiba prefectural police, the whales had been beached the day before the tsunami and the events are believed to be unrelated. A report by The Asahi Shimbunquotes expert Tajima Yuko from the National Museum of Nature and Science, who notes that if unusual underground sounds occurred before the quake, their effects on whales remain unknown. The article also quotes Mika Kuroda from the NPO Stranding Network Hokkaido who says there is no factual basis for suggestions that stranded whales are precursors for earthquakes, not least because dolphins or whales are stranded every day in Japan.

youturnDisasters & emergencies

A massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering 4m high tsunami waves. Heavy losses in infrastructure. Evacuations are underway across Kamchatka and Japan’s eastern coast. Worst quake in decades!

Publisher’s rating: false

Research from related reporting describes the July 2025 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami alerts, but the supplied excerpts do not substantiate the claim of 4-meter waves or heavy infrastructure losses. One report says Japan issued an advisory for waves up to 1 meter; another gives the quake’s magnitude as 8.8 rather than 8.7.

Deutsche WelleDisasters & emergencies

AI generated footage depicting impact of earthquake and tsunami

Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Fake This is an AI-generated image. While a tsunami watch was issued for parts of California, the projected impact was expected several hours after this image was posted. At the time of posting, there were no official evacuation orders in San Francisco. Moreover, the image contains visual inconsistencies. Despite the water appearing to engulf buildings, the foot of the bridge in the background is entirely visible, suggesting water levels are not consistent across the image. The original post garnered over 95.2K views. DW Fact check also tested this image on AI-detecting tools like AIorNot and Hive Moderation, both of which identified it as 99% AI-generated.

Deutsche WelleDisasters & emergencies

Old footage reposted, claiming to show the impact of the earthquake

Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: False While the footage is real and does show an earthquake’s impact, it is not from the recent quake in eastern Russia. The video was filmed at a hotel in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, during a magnitude-7.7 earthquake centered in central Myanmar. Tremors were felt in Thailand and southwestern China. The clip can be verified via reverse image search and appears in media reportsfrom that time. Back then, a lot of fake content was shared, allegedly showing the aftermath and impact of the earthquake. DW Fact check found at the time that some of this information was false.