The video, which claims to show fatal flooding in Derna, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people.
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Full Fact→ Viral video shows floods in Saudi Arabia, not Libya
The video has been circulating online since at least 2015.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Document The 2023 Floods In Libya
Does this video show deadly floods in Libya in 2023? No, that's not true: Lead Stories has found this video posted on different social media sites going back as far as 2016. The claim appeared on Facebook (archived here) where it was publ
Logically→ HAARP did not cause the floods and wildfires in Greece
Logically→ The floods in Libya were caused by Storm Daniel, not HAARP
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A new FEMA office in Chicago isn’t suspicious. It’s part of the agency’s response to summer floods
CLAIM: A video shows a disaster response center that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has suspiciously opened in Chicago, even though the city isn't dealing with an emergency at the moment.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – There were floods, there was mud, but Burning Man sparked no emergency declaration
“Burning Man was a national emergency because it was flooded.”
Logically→ Old video from Venezuela falsely shared as recent floods in Chile
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden said heat kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes and tornadoes combined. Is it true?
“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
Logically→ Old video from Jaipur shared as 2023 Delhi floods
Logically→ Old video from China used to claim Bhakra Nangal Dam gates opened amid floods
Logically→ State Disaster Response Force saved a drowning child from Chambal river amid floods.
The original video was posted in 2021, months before the Chambal floods.
Logically→ India released a tremendous amount of water into Ravi, intentionally causing floods in Pakistan.
India has not recently released any water into the Ravi river. Heavy monsoon rain, which began in mid-July, is a key source of floods in Pakistan.
Logically→ Climate change is not responsible for the 2022 Pakistan floods.
Floods in Pakistan are well-documented and have affected millions of people. Experts say the leading causes of the flood is climate change.
Snopes→ As Floods Recede In Pakistan, Fears Over Waterborne Diseases Rise
Some doctors said initially they were seeing mostly patients traumatized by the flooding, but are now treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections and other waterborne ailments.
Snopes→ Flash Floods Strand 1K People in Death Valley National Park
About 60 vehicles were buried in debris and about 500 visitors and 500 park workers were stranded.
Snopes→ Yellowstone Officials Assess Damage After Historic Floods
While numerous homes and other structures were destroyed, there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Snopes→ Yellowstone Floods Wipe out Roads, Bridges, Strand Visitors
Some of the worst damage happened in the northern part of the park and Yellowstone’s gateway communities in southern Montana.
Logically→ A video shows a bridge collapsing in Assam due to floods in May 2022.
The video showing a bridge collapsing is not from the recent Assam floods but from flash floods that hit Eastern Indonesia in April 2021.
Logically→ Cloud seeding was conducted a day before the recent floods in Australia.
A 2016 news clip was associated with the recent floods in Australia. There is no evidence to prove cloud seeding affected the flood.
Snopes→ Thai Riverside Restaurant Finds Silver Lining in Floods
A flood-hit riverside restaurant in Thailand has become an unlikely dining hotspot after fun-loving foodies began flocking to its water-logged deck to eat amid the lapping tide.
Snopes→ German Central Bank Inundated with Money Damaged in Floods
The Bundesbank said that individuals and banks have handed in notes that were soaked in the floods and often also contaminated with oil, sewage or mud.
Snopes→ Europe Floods: Death Toll over 110 As Rescues Continue
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was “stunned” by the devastation caused by the flooding and pledged support to the families of those killed and to cities and towns facing significant damage.
Snopes→ Over 60 Dead, Dozens Missing As Severe Floods Strike Europe
More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.
AFP Fact Check→ Image shows 2019 floods in Homa Bay county, not Kisumu county
A photo of two vehicles being swept away by floodwaters has been shared on Facebook with a claim that it was taken in the Nyando constituency in Kisumu county in Kenya. The post used the image to attack a local MP, blaming him for the poor state
AFP Fact Check→ Footage shows cemetery swept away by floods in Tajikistan
A video of a muddy graveyard has been shared thousands of times on Facebook alongside the claim that it shows exposed and empty burial plots in a Thailand cemetery. This, according to the claim, is evidence of what Christians refer to as the rapture, a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Louisiana Floods Destroy Home of Christian Leader Who Says God Sends Natural Disasters to Punish Gay People’
On January 14 2021, an Imgur user shared the following screenshot of a headline (“Louisiana Floods Destroy Home of Christian Leader Who Says God Sends Natural Disasters to Punish Gay People”), in a post titled “Such dramatic way of c
AllSides→ Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-fact-check-joe-biden-politics-elections-424834660f894040b55b415aecb2a443
Snopes→ Trump Floods Rally with Audacious Falsehoods
President Donald Trump flooded his first postelection political rally with debunked conspiracy theories and audacious falsehoods as he claimed victory in an election he decisively lost.
Truth or Fiction?→ As U.S. Election Looms, Agitprop Floods Social Media Platforms
In the days leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the disinformation that has been a hallmark of the Trump campaign, then administration, then campaign again reached new heights with political smears, Soviet-style weaponized conspiracy t
Snopes→ Did Biden Promise ‘Fewer Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes’ If Elected?
In a September 2020 address, Biden called Trump a “climate arsonist” and “climate denier.”
AFP Fact Check→ These are old pictures unrelated to recent Sudan floods
Various photos purporting to show recent flooding in Sudan have been shared hundreds of times online. However, AFP Fact Check found the images were circulating before the Sudan floods and taken in other countries.
AFP Fact Check→ These are old pictures unrelated to recent Sudan floods
Various photos purporting to show recent flooding in Sudan have been shared hundreds of times online. However, AFP Fact Check found the images were circulating before the Sudan floods and taken in other countries.
Snopes→ Floods Show National Security Threat Posed by Climate Change
Late-winter floods that swept over Plains states — breaching levees, halting Amtrak trains, and killing at least three people — are also the second major inundation in less than a decade to hit the air base outside Omaha.
Snopes→ Cyclone’s Huge Floods Endanger Thousands in Southern Africa
"This is a major humanitarian emergency that is getting bigger by the hour," said Herve Verhoosel with the World Food Program.
Snopes→ Flash Floods Kill at Least 13 People in Southwest France
Worst hit was the town of Trebes, east of the medieval walled city of Carcassonne.
Hoax-Slayer→ Trees Cocooned in Spider Webs After Pakistan Floods
Circulating message claims that a series of attached photographs show trees cocooned in spider webs after millions of spiders climbed up into trees to take refuge from floods in Pakistan. The post Trees Cocooned in Spider Webs After Pakistan Floods app
Snopes→ Hurricane Irma Floods Miami International Airport?
The White House's social media director mistook a video showing heavy flooding at the Mexico City International Airport for its Miami counterpart.
Snopes→ Water ‘Is Swallowing Us Up’: Catastrophic Floods Hit Houston
Rescuers answered thousands of desperate calls for help as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey rose high enough to begin filling second-story homes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Tornado Daniel’ In Libya — It’s Florida Storm Scene With Special Effects Added
Does this video show "Tornado Daniel" hitting Benghazi, Libya? No, that's not true: This video is a combination of a Floridian storm setting with visual effects added. The buildings and fallen tree are from a tornado tracker's YouTube cha