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“Recent visuals of floods in Karachi city, Pakistan”
Social media posts Claim dated 25 Jan 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The video shared in the post shows the 2011 Tsunami devastation in Japan. This video shows tsunami waves surging into the Ishinomaki city in Japan. This video was shot by an employee of ‘Ishinomaki gas Corporation Limited’ from the rooftop of his company. This video has nothing to do with Karachi city in Pakistan

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 25 January 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 November 2021, 308 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

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