“The aerial photo that shows Cagayan province almost completely submerged in floodwater was taken in November 2020, during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses.”
What Vera Files found
A reverse image search of the photo revealed that it was actually taken in December 2019, as shown in a Facebook post of the Cagayan Provincial Information Office. During this time, many towns in the province experienced massive flooding after the Cagayan River and some nearby tributaries overflowed due to monsoon rains and Typhoon Tisoy.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Moira Dela Torre, Ben&Ben, Angel Locsin, 9.27 Happy FM Cotabato made this claim around 14 November 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 26 November 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/wip/Vf6Y9
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/wip/BPdHL
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/LJkxq
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/wip/XC7rk
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.