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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

Annir InitiativeDisasters & emergencies

الشكل النهائي لدرنة حسب تقارير الشركة الصينية المكلفة بإعادة بناء مدينة #درنة

Publisher’s rating: زائف

The claim presents an image as showing Derna’s final form under plans attributed to the Chinese company tasked with rebuilding the city. Annir’s review examined the circulated image described as an architectural plan from that company. It concluded that the image was generated by artificial intelligence, rather than being a genuine depiction of the planned city.

Telugupost FactcheckDisasters & emergencies

ویڈیو میں آئس لینڈ میں آتش فشاں پھٹنے کا منظر دکھایا گیا، لوگوں کی بڑے پیمانے پر منتقلی کا کام جاری

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The claim concerns a social-media video presented as showing a new volcanic eruption in Iceland and people fleeing during mass evacuations. The review distinguishes the real evacuation of Grindavík from the age of the video: it reports that the fishing town had been evacuated amid thousands of tremors, while concluding that the circulating footage did not depict that recent situation. To check the video’s provenance, the review says it used key frames for a Google reverse-image search. It reports finding the same video posted on Twitter/X on March 22, 2021, with a caption describing the “latest” Icelandic eruption. That earlier posting supports the review’s conclusion that the footage predates the event implied by the viral caption. The review also describes a separate image of tourists observing an eruption, shared on social media on March 21, 2021, and cites a BBC report from March 22, 2021, about people gathering to see an eruption near Reykjavík. It says the eruption began through a fissure at Fagradalsfjall after more than 800 years, and that people were later allowed to hike in the area after an initial closure. These details provide a 2021 setting for eruption footage and spectators; they do not make the video evidence of a new eruption or mass evacuation in 2023.

YouturnDisasters & emergencies

போர்வெல் குழாய் கிணற்றில் விழுந்த தமிழக சிறுவனை உயிருடன் மீட்க முடியாமல் திராவிட மாடல் தோல்வியடைந்தது. ஆனால் சுரங்க விபத்தில் சிக்கித் தவித்த தொழிலாளர்களை உயிருடன் மீட்டது தேசிய மாடல்! நரேந்திர மோடி அரசிற்கு பாராட்டுக்கள்.

Publisher’s rating: fake