Old Video of a House Drowning in China Falsely Linked to Wayanad Landslide

This video predates the Wayanad landslide and is from Guangdong, China.

Fact-check: An old video of a flooded area in China is going viral as a visuals from Wayanad landslide.

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A timelapse video from a security footage showing a house fully drowning in the flood is going viral as a a video from destructive landslides that happened in Wayanad, Kerala.

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Where is the video from?: This video predates the Wayanad landslide that happened on 30 July 2024.

• This video was recorded on 16 June 2024 and is from Guangdong, China.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on Google using some of the keyframes from the viral video.

• This led us to several YouTube videos from 26 June 2024 which predates the Wayanad landslide. These can be seen here, here and here.

• The title of these videos stated that this video dates back to 16 June 2024 and is from Meizhou, Guangdong, China.

• Moreover, we also noticed the date as 16 June 2024 on the left top corner of all these videos including the viral clip.

• Taking a cue, we performed a reverse image search on Google along with some relevant keywords this time and this led us to reports from Chinese websites.

• These reports shared by Jinrizhiyi and Sohcradio which carried screenshots from the viral video and stated that floods hit the city of Meizhou in China on 16 June 2024.

• It also stated that this flood led to 38 deaths.

This screenshot shows the translated version of the article from a Chinese website.

(Source:Jinrizhiyi/ Screenshot)

Conclusion: An old video of a flooded area in China is going viral as a visuals from Wayanad landslide.

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