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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

dpaDisasters & emergencies

Cette vidéo montre le président iranien 1h avant le crash de son hélicoptère.

Publisher’s rating: Non, la vidéo en question ne montre pas Ebrahim Raïssi une heure avant le crash de son hélicoptère. Elle a été diffusée sur X le 18 janvier 2024 par l'agence de presse iranienne IRNA lors d'un déplacement du président iranien dans le nord du pays.

The footage was shared by Iran’s IRNA on X on January 18, 2024, during Raïssi’s visit to Firouzkouh in northern Iran. The review distinguishes that trip from the helicopter crash on May 19, 2024.

Folha de S.PauloDisasters & emergencies

Postagem mostra vídeo em que o prefeito de Porto Alegre (RS), Sebastião Melo (MDB), afirma que abrigos para vítimas das enchentes estão “contaminados” pela presença de pessoas em cumprimento de pena. Na legenda, o perfil diz: “Estão colocando PRESIDIÁRIOS criminosos junto com pessoas e famílias nos abrigos! Kd o ministro dos direitos humanos? Kd o Ministério Público? O desgoverno Luladrão vai dizer que é FakeNews? Vão censurar o prefeito que denunciou essa (sic) descalabro?”.

Publisher’s rating: Contextualizando

Factcrescendo ThailandDisasters & emergencies

ภาพหลังจากอุบัติเหตุเฮลิคอปเตอร์ตกที่ทำให้ประธานาธิบดี Raisi เสียชีวิต

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

Factcrescendo Thailand found that the viral images were from a 2020 crash involving an Iranian police Cessna, not the Bell 212 carrying President Raisi. The review says the images were misleadingly presented as showing the crash that killed him.

Folha de S.PauloDisasters & emergencies

Post sobre desabrigados pelas chuvas no Maranhão traz quatro fotos de alagamentos.

Publisher’s rating: Enganoso

The post paired four flood photographs with a claim about people left homeless by the rains in Maranhão. The investigation found that the images did not all document the current flooding: only one was taken in 2024. It also reported that, although the rains had affected thousands of families and led dozens of cities to declare emergencies, the state government said there were no reports of people in shelters at the time covered by the review. The investigation traced the photographs to different events and sources. The first, showing two adults in a canoe, had appeared in coverage of rains in Maranhão and Pará in March 2023; the original, uncropped image showed a third person in the canoe. The second, an aerial view of a bridge destroyed by water, was the only image from 2024 and had appeared in TV Mirante and G1 Maranhão coverage. The remaining pictures were also older. The third showed residents trying to save a freezer during flooding and had been used in a 2018 report about rains in Maranhão. The fourth, showing two boys on a flooded street, was a screenshot from TV Mirante coverage of state flooding in March 2023. Thus, the post combined images from different dates and situations, presenting them as though they all illustrated the current event.