VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD videos passed off as scenes from recent Japan quake
A compilation video bore clips from previous calamities to falsely claim that they show scenes from the 7.6 quake that jolted Japan on New Year’s Day.
A compilation video bore clips from previous calamities to falsely claim that they show scenes from the 7.6 quake that jolted Japan on New Year’s Day.
As the Philippines experienced a series of typhoons, Filipino FB users circulated a video of houses on a river bank about to be swept away by raging water. The clip was taken seven years ago in Nepal.
As the Philippines experienced the effects of the southwest monsoon and back-to-back typhoons, a Facebook Reel showing people running away from a landslide resurfaced and gained traction.
by VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY – Three construction workers died, seven were injured while eight others are still missing after a landslide occurred in the mountainous area near the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) complex in Kananga, Leyte.
By KARLOS MANLUPIG
PANTUKAN, Compostela Valley—A loud cracking sound followed by waves upon waves of clay, timber and rocks roused sleeping residents in a poor small-scale mining community in Sitios Diat 1 and 2 in Barangay Napnapan, Pantukan, Compostela Valley before dawn of Jan. 5.
Shortly after, more than 50 houses would be buried in rubble, leaving residents who survived the nature’s onslaught in shock.