“The viral video shows massive hailstones, weighing up to two quintals, falling on houses and cars in Canada/Kansas, U.S., in October 2025.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 31 Oct 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is AI-generated. TikTok labelled the same video as AI-generated content, and an AI detection tool, Hive, confirmed that it is 98.9% likely to be AI-generated. Additionally, no credible reports or news of such a hailstorm in Canada or Kansas were found.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 October 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 November 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.