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“Visuals showing the floods that affected Italy in May & June of 2024.”
Social media posts Claim dated 7 Jul 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

These visuals are old and not related to the recent floods that occurred in Italy in May and June of 2024. Some of these visuals are from Japan, while others depict floods in Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 7 July 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 July 2024, 16 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.

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.