“These videos show visuals of rainfall, flooding shared as recent footage from Dubai”
Logically Facts rated this: False
Climate and environment
631 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Dubai flooding is a consequence of global warming or climate change”
Deutsche Welle rated this: Unproven
Deutsche Welle says: According to experts of the World Weather Attribution network, singular weather events cannot be attributed to global warming/climate change. Exterme weather events tend to be more likely and more severe, though.
“Social media post shows “Most Detailed Image" of April 8 solar eclipse.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The image in the post was actually an artist’s rendering of a composite photo of the 2017 eclipse.
“There is no value in expensive cars, luxurious homes or lots of money on a dead planet” – Licypriya What’s happening today in Dubai is exactly how #ClimateCrisis looks like. Even the luxurious city can’t stand for long in Climate Catastrophe. Act Now before it’s too late.”
Youturn rated this: false
“Visuals of scenes from recent flooding in Dubai.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“This image of the tilted Yun Men Tsui Ti building is related to the recent earthquake in Taiwan.”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“The solar eclipse path was “full of chemtraiIs.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Chemtrails are not real, multiple government agencies and scientists say. They are a conspiracy theory that alleges condensation trails behind aircraft are part of a secret program to poison the atmosphere.
“Video shows the 2024 solar eclipse sighted from South America.”
Logically Facts rated this: Missing Context
“These videos were captured during the recent earthquake in Taiwan”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Video shows footage taken during the April 3, 2024 earthquake in Taiwan.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“we could not see a full solar eclipse in 375 years”
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated this: Misleading
“You Can See The April 8th Solar Eclipse From Sri Lanka!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False
“One video currently circulating on X, formerly Twitter, purports to show several high-rise buildings that toppled almost like building blocks in the wake of the Taiwan earthquake”
Deutsche Welle rated this: False
Deutsche Welle says: The video of the toppling skyscrapers is not recent and comes from a context that is fortunately far less dramatic than it appears in these recent posts. The footage dates back to August 2021 and is of a controlled demo…
“The viral video was filmed during the Taiwan earthquake reported in April 2024.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This video is actually from September 2022, when a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan
“These videos show the recent earthquake in Taiwan”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Video shows “an entire block of unfinished houses collapsed as a result of an earthquake in Taiwan.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This video predates the April 3 earthquake in Taiwan, and news reports dating back to 2021 say that similar footage shows the intentional demolition of several buildings in China.
“The biggest solar flare in six years had recently caused a solar storm.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“The video depicts the Dubai floods in March 2024.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Geoengineering causes climate change”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“The Spanish Meteorological Department has confessed that Spain is being sprayed with Lead dioxide, silver iodide, and diatomite to manipulate weather conditions”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This news has been in circulation since 2013. There is no evidence that Spanish authorities have confirmed that Spain is being sprayed with chemtrails. In 2015, the European Parliament clarified that there was no eviden…