“Visual capture of the occurrence of snowfall in the great mosque of Mecca”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Jan 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The National Meteorological Center of Saudi Arabia has confirmed that the visuals shown in the post are fake. The official Twitter handle of the Emirate of Makkah Province tweeted that the snowfall video is incorrect and was made with additional effects
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 January 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 January 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.