“A Facebook Reel shows tornadoes and city flooding in Dubai this 2024.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Jul 2024.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
What Vera Files found
The FB Reel showed 18 clips, mostly about digitally-inserted storms and tornadoes, and clips of flooding in other countries. Two out of the 18 clips were about heavy rains in the UAE in August 2023.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 July 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 August 2024, 22 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1730166807724039
Links recorded by Vera Files. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.