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Estos tornados que muestra el video se grabaron en Nebraska el 24 de abril de 2024.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The review says the video’s two clips were not recorded in Nebraska on April 24, 2024: the first had circulated by June 2023, and the second by March 2022. It concludes that the clips do not show the Nebraska tornadoes from the last week of April.
The video shows recent flash floods in Kashmir
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
The video is from Kashmir, but the review found it was not recent: the footage dates to the 2014 floods. The report identifies the visuals as being from 4 September 2014.
Intense hailstorm recorded in Jammu Kashmir's Banihal area
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Fact Crescendo reports that the viral hailstorm video is from China’s Guangxi province and has no link to Jammu and Kashmir. It says a similar video was posted on Twitter with a caption locating the hail in Guangdong and Guangxi, China.
The video clip shows a flood event in Saudi Arabia
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review finds that the clip is a compilation of older flood footage, not footage of a current flood event in Saudi Arabia. It identifies segments linked to floods in Saudi Arabia in 2018, Oman in 2021 and 2022, and videos posted in November 2023.
Dubai’s cloud seeding project caused recent major floods
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review reports that the UAE National Center of Meteorology said it had not conducted cloud seeding before or during the weather anomalies. It cites experts who linked the rainfall to a storm system and intense thunderstorms, and notes that human-induced climate change may have intensified the heavy rains.
le ministre israélien Haïm Biton, membre du gouvernement de Benjamin Netanyahu, est impliqué dans un accident de voiture
Publisher’s rating: Non, Haim Biton ne se trouvait pas dans son véhicule officiel lors de l'accident, mais bien ses parents, rapportent plusieurs médias israéliens. Le père du vice-ministre a été grièvement blessé.
برج خليفة يميل 22 سم بسبب فيضانات دبي
Publisher’s rating: خبر كاذب
(Video) “Ángulo alternativo en el colapso del puente Francis Scott Key (Baltimore) muestra una gran explosión”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Storm and heavy rain in Dubai today
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Cette vidéo montre un incendie dans la décharge de Ghazipur, en Inde.
Publisher’s rating: Non, la vidéo en question montre un incendie qui a touché une autre décharge de Delhi en avril 2022.
The video does not show the Ghazipur landfill fire. The review identifies it as footage of a fire at the Bhalswa landfill, filmed from a road alongside that site, in April 2022.
ভিডিঅ’টোত ২০২৪ চনৰ ডুবাইৰ বানৰ দৃশ্য দেখা গৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: মিছা
Video shows visuals from the 2024 Dubai floods.
Publisher’s rating: False
Beelden tonen een grote brand in de stortplaats van Ghazipur, in Delhi, India.
Publisher’s rating: De beelden dateren van april 2022 en tonen een brand in de stortplaats van Bhalswa, in het noorden van Delhi. Er was wel degelijk een brand op de stortplaats van Ghazipur op 21 april, maar de video heeft daar niets mee te maken.
Camels Swept Away During Dubai Floods !!(Video)
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says the viral video predates the April 2024 Dubai floods, with versions circulating as early as 2018. It concludes the footage likely shows flooding in Saudi Arabia, not Dubai, while noting that its original source has not been definitively established.
Video shows Ghazipur landfill on fire in April 2024
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Fishes Reeling A Supermarket During Dubai’s Flood!!(Video)
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Dubai City: After the flood faded away, there are many sharks left in marts in the city.
Publisher’s rating: False
ទីក្រុងឌូបៃៈ ក្រោយជំនន់ ទឹកស្រក តាមម៉ាតទំនិញនៃទីក្រុងឌូបៃសុទ្ធតែត្រីឆ្លាម
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found that the supermarket-fish images did not show events in Dubai after the flood. It traced them to a video filmed in early 2018 at a Carrefour supermarket in Tbilisi, Georgia, after an aquarium broke.
The video shows camels getting washed away in the 2024 Dubai floods.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the footage is from flash floods in Saudi Arabia in 2018, not the 2024 Dubai floods. It reports that Northeast Live published the same visuals on 15 November 2018.