A video of a huge Typhoon has been circulated, purportedly from the recent Earthquake in the Philippines.
Several accounts on twitter, including @MahantaKaushik tweeted “Tsunami Southern Phillipines after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake #Philippines#earthquake#Tsunami#earthquakes#ปิ่นปิ้น @Port3Network @Portalcoin#Port3$Portal“. The tweet was made on Dec 3, 2023.
Tsunami Southern Phillipines after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake#Philippines #earthquake #Tsunami #earthquakes #ปิ่นปิ้น@Port3Network @Portalcoin #Port3$Portal pic.twitter.com/7NEtoe5Zec
— Kaushikgeology67 🔥🌌 ✨OVERWORLD MagicSquare (@MahantaKaushik) December 2, 2023
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
In 2014, nine years ago, we discovered the exact same video uploaded in YouTube. Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Yolanda, struck the Philippines in November 2013, and the storm surge it produced is depicted in this video. This shows that the video is quite old, and not at all from the recent Earthquake in Philippines.
The video was uploaded in Youtube on May 3, 2014.
Check out the full video here:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 3, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video of a heavy typhoon has been shared claiming to be from the recent #Earthquake in the #Philippines, we found the same video on YouTube uploaded 9 years ago in 2014. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/5MDmKnxSDS
Intent:
Influencers are circulating old videos of Typhoon Haiyan claiming to be from the recent Earthquake to create panic. The video actually depicts the storm surge that Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Yolanda, brought to the Philippines in November 2013. Though many social media users are spreding the news that the video is from recent Earthquake in Philippines, but, it is actually very old video, which was uploaded in Youtube long back.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video of a heavy Typhoon has been shared, claiming to be from the recent Earthquake in the Philippines.
Fact : We discovered the same video on YouTube, uploaded 9 years ago in 2014. The video depicts the storm surge caused by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which hit the Philippines in November 2013.
