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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

Factcrescendo ThailandDisasters & emergencies

การทำฝนเทียมหรือการเพาะเมฆของดูไบเป็นสาเหตุของน้ำท่วมใหญ่ครั้งล่าสุด

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the UAE National Center of Meteorology reported that it had not conducted cloud seeding before or during the severe weather. It attributes the heavy rain to a large storm system and notes that human-caused climate change may have intensified it.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaDisasters & emergencies

එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යය ඇතුළු ගල්ෆ් රටවලට බලපා ඇති ගංවතුරු තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධ නොමග යන සුළු සටහන් පෙළක්!

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review found that posts portraying assorted videos and an image as scenes from recent UAE and Gulf flooding were misleading: some footage was old or unrelated, and the Burj Khalifa image was AI-generated. It also notes that real flooding affected the region, including Dubai’s airport.

dpaDisasters & emergencies

Cette vidéo montre un pont s'effondrer dans la région russe de Smolensk.

Publisher’s rating: Non, il y a ici confusion entre deux incidents similaires, mais bien distincts. La vidéo en question montre un pont qui s'est effondré en 2018 à Svobodny, à l'autre bout de la Russie.

The review says the video does not show the bridge collapse at Viazma in the Smolensk region on April 8, 2024. It identifies the footage as showing a different bridge collapse in Svobodny in 2018; the Viazma collapse caused one death and five injuries.

dpaDisasters & emergencies

Video zeigt aktuellen Einsturz einer Brücke in der russischen Region Smolensk.

Publisher’s rating: Falscher Kontext: Die Aufnahme ist nicht aktuell, sie stammt aus dem Jahr 2018. In dem Video ist der Einsturz einer zweispurigen Brücke in der Stadt Swobodny im Osten Russlands zu sehen. Mit einem ähnlichen Vorfall, der sich Anfang April in der westrussischen Stadt Wjasma im Oblast Smolensk ereignete, hat der Clip nichts zu tun.

The review says the video shows a 2018 bridge collapse in Svobodny, eastern Russia, not a current event in Smolensk. It distinguishes the clip from a separate bridge collapse in Vyazma, Smolensk region.