Online posts falsely claim the Nepal flood was a hoax because early reports repeatedly cited the number 33.
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Full Fact→ Fake footage of Nepal-Tibet flood circulates online
An AI-generated video has been shared online with claims it shows the recent flood on the Nepal-Tibet border.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Staged Video Shows Women Acting Dead — Misrepresented As Flood Victims In Nepal And Assam, India
Does a video show the strewn-about bodies of women who were really killed by floods? No, that's not true: This video is staged and shows living women who are pretending to be dead. The video was first published on Instagram on July 3, 202
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nepal Flood Rescue Of People Trapped In Mud — It Is From The Congo In 2023
Does a video show the rescue of people trapped in mud from the Nepal flooding disaster in August 2026? No, that's not true: The footage is of workers escaping from a collapsed mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023. The original foo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Before And After Images Of Nepal Flood Damage — Made With OpenAI Tools
Do a pair of real images show a Nepal town before and after a flash flood washed through the valley? No, that's not true: Both the before and after images are AI-generated. The OpenAI Verify tool found SynthID watermarks in each image, in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nepal Bridge Collapsing Into Floodwaters — It Is AI-Generated
Does a real video show a bridge in Nepal collapsing during flooding in the region? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the clip as 100% likely to have been generated by AI, rather than actual footage of the Aug. 26, 2026,
Full Fact→ HAARP didn’t cause the flood on the Nepal-Tibet border
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) cannot control the weather and had nothing to do with the massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Claiming To Show Nepal Flooding Is AI-Generated
Does a real video show flood waters in Nepal destroying an entire village street? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the video as 97.2% likely generated by AI and not actual footage of the Aug. 26, 2026 flooding disaster.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Elephant Rescuing Man Does NOT Show Nepal Floods — It Was Published With India Locator Weeks Earlier
Does a real video show an elephant rescuing a man in Nepal during the flooding on Aug. 26, 2026? No, that's not true: While the clip appears to be authentic and shows an elephant rescuing a man, it does not depict the flooding in Nepal. I
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show F-16 Causing Nepal Floods — First Clip Has Been Online Since May 2026 With AI Watermark
Does a real video show an F-16 drop a bomb on a dam, causing the floods in Nepal? No, that's not true: The video has been circulating on social media since May 2026, predating the Aug. 26, 2026, flash flood in Nepal. Early copies of the v
Full Fact→ Clip of elephant rescuing man does not show this week’s flood in Nepal
A video showing a man being rescued from floodwaters by an elephant was shared online several weeks before the flash flooding disaster in Nepal.
Full Fact→ Revealed: the Facebook pages using AI to flood feeds with bizarre fake stories about politicians saving kennels, cafes and babies
Our investigation has found pages which mainly appear to be run from Vietnam have gained hundreds of thousands of interactions publishing bogus tales, often about Nigel Farage.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – The White House said Maduro was ‘flooding’ the US with fentanyl. Experts, official reports say no.
Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Videos Of Flooded Tents In Gaza Are NOT Real
Do these viral videos show real footage from flooded tents in Gaza? No, that's not true: While there were credible reports about December 2025 flooding in that region, some of the Gaza flood clips shared on social media were not real. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo That Shows Damage And Floods From Hurricane Melissa In Black River, Jamaica Is NOT Real — AI Fakery
Is a photo that shows damage and flooding from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on October 28, 2025, authentic? No, that's not true: The image was likely made by an artificial intelligence tool, according to a test by an AI detec
PolitiFact→ Ken Martin – DNC chair excludes some examples from a tally of Texas hearings on flood versus redistricting
Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting
Full Fact→ Viral video compilation of Texas floods is AI
Some clips feature people suddenly appearing or disappearing, a clue the compilation has been made using AI.
Lead Stories→ What We Know About Claims That Jasmine ‘Jassy’ Witherspoon Died in Camp Mystic Floods
Was a 10-year-old girl, Jasmine "Jassy" Whitherspoon, among the Camp Mystic victims of the Texas floods in July 2025? As of this writing, there were no credible media reports about it. Here is what we know, so far. The claim originated i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2025 Texas Floods
Does a viral video labeled "Texas - 13.07.2025" show the 2025 Texas floods swallowing entire cities in a matter of seconds? No, that's not true: The video originated from a TikTok account whose contents were labeled as AI generated. A fra
AllSides→ Weather Modification Played No Role in Texas Floods
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/weather-modification-played-no-role-in-texas-floods/ Unfounded rumors
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show July 2025 Texas Flooding In Which ’14 Childern’ Were Among ‘At Least 60 Dead’ — Viral Video Mixes AI Video With Clips From Non-Texas Floods
Does a viral video of flood scenes include real clips of the 2025 Independence Day Weekend flooding in Kerr County, Texas? No, that's not true: The opening scene is an obvious product of generative AI. None of the clips in the montage can
FactCheck.org→ Weather Modification Played No Role in Texas Floods
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Unfounded rumors linking an extreme weather event to human efforts to control the weather are again spreading on social media. It’s not plausible that available weather m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlanta Braves Manager Brian Snitker Did NOT Adopt Orphaned Baby ‘Pinky’ Rescued From Texas Flood — It’s AI-Made Slop
Did Atlanta Braves Manager Brian Snitker adopt an orphaned baby named "Pinky" who was rescued from the July Texas flood? No, that's not true: Photos of Snitker cradling an infant and the text of a story claiming he adopted the "poor, shiv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Post and Images Describe Woman Giving Birth During Texas Floods
Did a viral post about the miraculous rescue of a woman who gave birth to her baby during floods in Texas in July 2025 authentically summarize a real-life story? No, that's not true: The post was based on an AI-generated composite image.
Full Fact→ Viral video compilation does not show floods in Texas
The clips do not show flooding in the US city of Brenham, but are actually from various locations including India, France and Spain.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NO Rescue Of A Texas Sheriff’s Daughter By Mexican Rescue Workers During July 2025 Floods In Kerr County — Nor By Anyone Else
Did a Mexican search and rescue team sent to the scene of the July 2025 flooding in Kerr County, Texas rescue a sheriff's daughter, as social media posts claim? No, that's not true: Although Mexican rescue crews were in fact sent to help
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Did NOT Arrest Mexican Flood Rescuers in Texas — Clip of Greg Abbott is Fake
Did ICE arrest Mexican nationals who helped flood recovery efforts, and did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott say "I support ICE deporting the Mexicans who helped during the floods"? No, that's not true: A viral TikTok video contained a fabricated s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Robert Plant Story About Texas Flood Donation Illustrated With AI-Generated Photo — Contradictory Details
Did a viral story about singer Robert Plant donating $1.5 million to Texas flood victims come from a reliable source? No, that's not true: The article appeared on a clickbait site that published several other fake stories about celebrity
FactCheck.org→ Staffing Cuts at NWS and the Tragic Flooding in Texas
Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Ask Americans to ‘Focus on Mexicans and Flooding’ Instead of the ‘Epstein Files’
Did President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, ask the public to "focus on Mexicans and flooding" rather than whether he is "all over the Epstein files"? No, that's not true: A widely-shared screenshot which appeared to show such a m
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Cuts to NOAA and NWS in the Wake of Texas Flooding
The NWS maintains that it was adequately staffed, and budget cuts have been proposed but not enacted.
News Facts Network→ Noem Pushes to Eliminate FEMA as Agency Struggles to Respond to Deadly Texas Floods
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reiterated her proposal to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency... The post Noem Pushes to Eliminate FEMA as Agency Struggles to Respond to Deadly Texas Floods appeared first on News Facts Network.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas City Did NOT Require Residents To Sign ‘Israel Loyalty Pledge’ To Get 2025 Flood Relief Funds
Did a Texas city require residents to sign an "Israel loyalty pledge" in order to be eligible to get relief funds after deadly floods in 2025? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that any Texas town or county impacted by the deadly
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Texas floods fact-check: NWS and NOAA cut jobs, but Trump hasn't ‘defunded’ them
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kansas City Chiefs Coach Andy Reid Did NOT Announce He Will Cover Funeral Expenses For Families Of Texas Flood Victims
Did Kansas City Chiefs Coach Andy Reid publicly say that he will pay for the funerals of the Texas flood victims? No, that's not true: No credible media organizations reported that. The claim followed the pattern seen in other unsubstanti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ohio State Football Coach Ryan Day Did NOT Donate More Than $3.5 Million To Flood Victims In Texas
Did Ohio State football coach Ryan Day donate more than $3.5 million dollars to victims of the 2025 Texas floods? No, that's not true: No credible media organization reported that, nor did Day himself. The viral claim emerged from a websi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story About Coco Gauff Donating $3 Million For Texas Flood Victims Makes Up Quotes
Did tennis star Coco Gauff donate $3 million to support Texas flood victims? No, that's not true: The story was spread by unreliable clickbait websites on Facebook. There were no media reports about such a donation and Gauff's social medi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jelly Roll Did NOT Release a New Song Called ‘Angels Don’t Pack Their Bags’ As a Tribute to Texas Flood Victims
Did the rapper Jelly Roll release a new song called "Angels Don't Pack Their Bags", as a tribute to the victims of devastating flooding in parts of Texas, in July 2025? No, that's not true: We found no trace of any new song, of any name,
The Dispatch→ Texas Flooding Death Toll Rises
Meteorologists and elected officials trade blame as search and rescue efforts continue.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eric Clapton Did NOT Announce He Would Pay Funeral Expenses for Texas Flood Victims
Did rock guitarist Eric Clapton announce he would pay funeral expenses for the families of those killed in devastating flooding in parts of Texas, in July 2025? No, that's not true: We found no corroboration for a blog post that was share