VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Reel DOES NOT show tsunami in China
A Filipino Facebook user uploaded an old clip falsely claiming houses were being swept away by floods in China. The clip shows a tsunami hitting Japan in 2011.
A Filipino Facebook user uploaded an old clip falsely claiming houses were being swept away by floods in China. The clip shows a tsunami hitting Japan in 2011.
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.
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.
A video uploaded on Facebook claimed to show scenes from Typhoon Egay’s onslaught in China. Not true.