Taiwan's recent severe flooding has caused widespread concern internationally, with viral exaggerated posts fueling panic via elaborate descriptions and AI-generated photos of the calamity. This is misleading.
A Facebook netizen posted a misleading video allegedly showing tornados and city flooding in Dubai this 2024.
An FB page posted a video falsely claiming that a massive flood reached the Luvers Eastwood Bridge in Montalban, Rizal.
Amid Typhoon Carina's onslaught, FB posts circulated claiming to show the flood situation in Bacoor, Cavite. The photos used were from 2018.
A Facebook page posted several photos supposedly showing the massive flooding in China this June. This is misleading and contains old photos from 2016.
A Facebook video is claiming to show footage of recent catastrophic floods in Libya. The short clip was taken in Turkey.
Yet another video compilation on Facebook allegedly showing Typhoon Egay ravaging China misleads netizens by using several old clips that were stripped out of context.
As Habagat unleashed heavy rains in many parts of the country, a Facebook reel circulated showing a man opening a floodgate of a dam, suggesting it was in the Philippines.
A Facebook video claiming to show footage of severe flooding in South Korea last week used clips taken at different years and locations.
Several Facebook pages are spreading a video of a statue of the Virgin Mary being swept away by flood water along a busy street. This is fake.
