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Fact Check: Viral video of flooded Marina beach is from November 2021

Heavy rains have been battering Chennai for the last few days due to cyclone Mandous, after which the roads are completely waterlogged. A video of a flooded beach with a lot of things submerged in water is going viral as a recent video

By 16 Dec 2022 1:42 PM GMT
Fact Check: Viral video of flooded Marina beach is from November 2021

Heavy rains have been battering Chennai for the last few days due to cyclone Mandous, after which the roads are completely waterlogged. A video of a flooded beach with a lot of things submerged in water is going viral as a recent video.

https://www.facebook.com/1070545claim is Misleading. 77627500/videos/885581702873130

https://www.facebook.com/reel/661895318902104/?s=single_unit

Fact check:

The claim is misleading. Though the video shows Marina beach in Chennai, the video is from November 2021

When we searched the key frames from the video, we found a Facebook reel published in November 2021, showing the flood situation in Chennai.

The video was published by ETV Bharat in November 2021, where we can see a flooded beach inundating all things on the shore. The title of the video is Marina beach flooded due to heavy downpours.

According to the report by news18.com, heavy rains pounded Chennai and its surrounding suburban areas, following the Indian Meteorological Department predicting a cyclonic circulation over the southeast Bay of Bengal and the likely formation of a low-pressure area. In the wake of the incessant rain, state authorities have ordered schools and colleges in four districts to remain shut for the next two days.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has appealed to the people, who had travelled to their native places from Chennai to celebrate Deepavali, to postpone their travel to the state capital by three days in view of the incessant rains.

Another report by skymetweather.com stated that Chennai was ravaged repeatedly by heavy rains, since the time of onset of the northeast monsoon on October 25, 2021. The capital city has been hit thrice in this month between Nov. 6-8, Nov. 10-12, and Nov. 18-19. The city has received 808 mm of rainfall between November 1 and 22, against its monthly normal of 374.4 mm.

Chennai has not received such copious rains in the recent past except in 2015. In November, Chennai received more than double the normal in November.

Therefore, the viral video is from November 2021 and not recent. The claim is MISLEADING.

Claim :   video of flooded Marina beach, Chennai is recent
Claimed By :  Social Media Users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Network
Claim Source :  Social Media
Fact Check :  Misleading
News Summary - When we searched the key frames from the video, we found a Facebook reel published in November 2021, showing the flood situation in Chennai.
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A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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