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The video shows real visuals of the devastating floods that struck Nepal in August 2026.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY reports that the videos shared as actual footage of the Nepal floods were AI-generated, although some underlying events—such as a girl’s rescue and damage to bridges and buildings—were real. The review says the floods struck on 26 August 2026.
නේපාලයට බලපෑ ගංවතුර ආපදාවට පෙර සහ පසු සැබෑ දර්ශන ලෙස දක්වමින් ඡායාරූප පෙළක් සමාජ මාධ්ය ඔස්සේ හුවමාරු විය.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review examined photos shared as before-and-after scenes of the Nepal floods that occurred on August 26, 2026. It concluded that the images did not depict real scenes from before and after the floods and were AI-generated.
Visuals showing the floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa area.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY found that the video does not show flooding in Nepal’s Rasuwa area. It identified the footage as flooding at NEEPCO Colony in Posa, Kei Panyor district, Arunachal Pradesh.
مشاهد مرعبة من فياضانات نيبال
Publisher’s rating: مولد بالذكاء الاصطناعي
The visuals show the August 2026 Nepal floods.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Buddha Statue “Surviving” Nepal’s Recent Floods?
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review finds that the viral video is old footage from Nepal’s July 2024 floods, not the August 2026 disaster. It says the statue is in Chitwan, where the 2026 floodwater had fallen below the danger threshold before reaching the city.
Video shows a supposed missile launch that collapsed a water dam in Nepal and caused the massive and deadly flash flood in Nepal and Tibet on Aug. 26.
Publisher’s rating: Fake
26 ఆగస్టు 2026న నేపాల్లో సంభవించిన ఆకస్మిక వరదలకు సంబంధించిన దృశ్యాలు.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
කාලගුණ විද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව නිකුත් කළ සිතියමක් උපුටා දක්වමින්, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වෙරළබඩ ප්රදේශවලට සුනාමි අවදානමක් ඇති බවට සමාජ මාධ්ය සටහන් පළ විය.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the map was misrepresented: the department had issued an advisory about higher sea waves, not a tsunami warning. It reports that officials said Sri Lanka faced no tsunami threat, while some low-lying coastal areas could experience seawater reaching shore.
Sri Lanka's coastal areas face a tsunami threat.
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact Crescendo says the weather advisory concerned elevated sea-wave heights, not a tsunami warning: it stated that the waves might reach 2.0–3.0 meters in maritime areas and clarified that this was not the height of waves coming ashore. The Meteorology Department and Disaster Management Centre confirmed that Sri Lanka faced no tsunami risk.
A crack has recently appeared on the Nine Arch Bridge in Ella and it could collapse at any moment.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review found no reliable official report confirming a recent crack and says the NBRO’s Badulla District Office reported no such recent crack. It reports that a 2025 inspection found no structural cracks or major defects, though minor water seepage was observed between the bridge’s pillars.
Video shows flooding in Lipa, Batangas due to heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon.
Publisher’s rating: False
The video shows Air India flight A12379 from Phuket to New Delhi during the severe turbulence.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The video shows an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner encountering turbulence on the Amritsar–Delhi route on 19 April 2018, not the 2026 Phuket–Delhi incident. FACTLY says the footage is unrelated to the claimed incident.
జూలై 2026లో వచ్చిన అస్సాం వరదలను చూపుతున్న దృశ్యాలు.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
జూలై 2026 అస్సాం వరదల్లో మరణించిన వారి మృతదేహాలను చూపుతున్న వీడియో
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video shows the dead bodies of people who died in the Assam floods.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Photos show L-shaped flood barriers, installed in Quezon City by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, surrounded by floodwaters and garbage.
Publisher’s rating: Fake
فیلمی تازه منتشر شده از انفجارها و حوادث اخیر بوشهر
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Viral videos show the destruction caused by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka reports that several widely shared videos attributed to the Venezuela earthquakes were filmed years earlier in other countries or were likely synthetic. It identifies one building-collapse video as footage from the 2023 Türkiye earthquake and another as a planned demolition there after the earthquakes.
Bei einem Windrad-Brand bei Kitzingen ist SF6-Gas ausgetreten.
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Die Schaltanlage mit dem SF6 befand sich im Turmfuß, nicht in der Gondel, die gebrannt hat.