A widely seen image of a house that survived the floods in Nepal is actually an AI-generated fake.
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Full Fact→ No, the Nepal flash flood was not a hoax
Online posts falsely claim the Nepal flood was a hoax because early reports repeatedly cited the number 33.
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.
The Dispatch→ Nepal’s Youth Revolt
The country, plagued by political instability and economic hardships, exploded in riots last week after a social media ban.
Full Fact→ Clip from 2023 Nepal plane accident shared as footage from recent Air India crash
The clip has been shared with claims it shows footage from London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on 12 June, but it actually dates back to January 2023.
Logically→ Video of Himachal Pradesh politician shared as Nepali MP criticizing Indian PM Narendra Modi
Logically→ Video of Himachal Pradesh politician shared as Nepali MP criticizing Indian PM Narendra Modi
Logically→ Nepal’s 2020 temporary ban on Indian news channels misrepresented as recent
Logically→ Video of a marriage ritual in Nepal shared with false claims
Logically→ Old image of former Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra falsely linked to his recent visit as Foreign Secretary
Full Fact→ Footage claiming to show recent earthquake in Turkey actually shows 2015 earthquake in Nepal
The clip, which has been viewed more than 77,000 times on Facebook, appears to have been filmed during a major earthquake in Nepal almost eight years ago.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video shows a tour of a ‘War of the Worlds’ movie set, not the scene of Nepal’s deadly plane crash
A video shows wreckage of the recent plane crash in Nepal.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Online video shows Russian plane crash from 2021, not the deadly 2023 crash in Nepal
A video shows the deadly Jan. 15 plane crash in Nepal.
Logically→ This video was taken by a Yeti Airlines air hostess just before the recent crash in Nepal.
The Yeti Airlines air hostess uploaded the video in September 2022. It has no connection with the January 2023 crash in Nepal.
Logically→ This image shows the wreckage of the Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal on January 15, 2023.
An image of a passenger plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2018 has been falsely linked to the 2023 Yeti airline crash in Pokhara.
Logically→ Video shows the Yeti Airlines plane catching fire and crashing in Pokhara, Nepal.
A 2021 video of a Russian prototype military plane crash during a test flight in Moscow is falsely attributed to be the recent plane crash in Nepal.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023
Was this video taken just before the deadly Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal on January 15, 2023? No, that's not true: The post's video, showing a plane on fire and then crashing, is of a Russian military transport plane prototype that
Logically→ This image shows Nepal security forces near the 2023 plane crash debris in Pokhra.
An old image from the 2012 Sita Air plane crash has been shared by people claiming it is from the recent Yeti Airlines plane crash in January 2023.
Logically→ Video shows the Yeti Airlines aircraft crashing and bursting into flames near a road in Pokhara, Nepal.
A 2013 video from Afghanistan has been falsely shared as the recent 2023 plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal.
Logically→ This image shows debris from Nepal’s Tara Air crash of May 30, 2022.
An image of the Air India Express crash of August 2020 is being falsely shown as the recent Nepal Tara Air crash.
Logically→ This image shows the 2022 plane crash in Nepal.
An image of a 2021 chopper crash in India has been misattributed to the 2022 plane crash in Nepal.
Logically→ People living near the India-Nepal border are smuggling petrol into India.
A few people in Bihar are crossing over to Nepal to smuggle petrol into India because it's cheaper.
Logically→ Nepal halts the distribution of new textbook with revised maps incorporating Indian areas.
The Nepal government has instructed the Ministry of Education not to distribute textbook with a revised map, as it contains several factual errors.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Posts About ‘100% Free Community Health Center’ Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real — Foreign Clickbait
Did Eminem, Kid Rock, Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or other celebrities stand for photos of themselves and supporters opening "America's first 100% free community health center"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical storie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mount Everest Scenarios Are NOT Real — Videos Of Wise Sherpas, Demanding CEOs, Rich Executives, And Sisters Left For Dead All Show AI Generated Stereotypes
Does a real video show a rich executive trying to override a sherpa's decision to wait by paying him to keep going to the Everest summit? No, that's not true: A TikTok account has been posting AI-generated videos of stereotypical Everest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blake Shelton Has NEVER Been On "The View" — No Real Video Exists
Does a video show something surprising that happened during Blake Shelton's appearance on "The View"? No, that's not true: Clickbait publishers on social media have put out many fake stories about clashes between Shelton and the hosts of
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Project 2025 and Immigration
Project 2025 and President Donald Trump are largely in sync on immigration. U.S. soldiers at the Mexican border on May 8. Photo by Can Hasasu/Anadolu via Getty Images. That’s hardly surprising. Ken Cuccinelli, who served as an acting dire
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Bob Dylan Quote About Speaking Kindly While You’re Alive Was NOT Response To Charlie Kirk’s Death — Foreign Spam Network
Did singer Bob Dylan just "ignite a firestorm" with a single sentence about Charlie Kirk and was that sentence "If you want people to speak kindly after you're gone, speak kindly while you're alive"? No, that's not true: Dylan is just the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show AI171 Air India Crash in June 2025
Did a video show passengers on board an Air India flight as it crashed in June 2025? No, that's not true: The clip was in fact recorded on board a plane that crashed after leaving Kathmandu, Nepal, in January 2023. On June 12, 2025, a Lon
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Brittney Griner Did NOT Announce She ‘Is Leaving The United States’
Did American basketball player Brittney Griner make a public statement announcing she is leaving the United States? No, that's not true: Griner's long-time agent refuted the claim in an email to Lead Stories and there are no stories about
Health Feedback→ No evidence budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin combination is “silver bullet” for COVID-19, contrary to Texas doctor’s claim
REVIEW In a 30 January 2024 episode of the Big Honker Podcast, Texas physician Richard Bartlett claimed that he had developed a “silver bullet” treatment for COVID-19 comprising budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin. The podcast’s co-host, A