Old Video of High Tides From Spain Goes Viral as Visuals of Cyclone Biparjoy

A video showing extremely high tides crashing onto a walkway is going viral on the internet to claim that this video shows the affect of Cyclone Biparjoy at Madhavpur, Gujarat.

About Cyclone Biparjoy: The cyclone in the Arabian Sea has now moved slightly east towards the northern Gujarat coast, with a landfall expected on 15 June, as per the India Meteorological Department.

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the video from Gujarat?: We found out that this video is from the coastal city of San Sebastián in Spain and could be traced back to January 2021.

The viral video is old: We divided the viral video into multiple keyframes and reverse searched them on Yandex, which led us to a YouTube video.

• This video was uploaded in January 2021 and was a longer version of the viral one.

• The viral visuals can be seen from the 01:45 timestamp in the YouTube video.

• The description of the video mentioned that it was shot in northern Spain.

The viral video was shot in Spain, not Gujarat: We also found another video uploaded on Instagram posts that carried similar visuals to the viral video.

• The video was shared in December 2020, and the captions read: "Big Waves at San Sebastián Uhinak Donostian (sic)." [Translation: Big Waves at San Sebastián Donostian waves).]

We found the location on Google's street view: Taking a cue, we looked for Donostia-San Sebastián, a coastal city by the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain on Google Maps.

• We were able to establish the exact location of the viral video as Pasealekua Berria, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

• On comparing, we found several similar elements in the Street View images and the viral visuals.

• For instance, low railings and a wall along with it can be seen in both. Similarly, a lamp post is also present in both visuals.

• Further, a geometrical structure can be seen in the viral video that closely resembles the structure visible on Google Maps' street view.

• Even the turning of the road is similar in both the visuals.

Conclusion: Clearly, the viral video is from Spain and does not show Cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat.

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