The video of the flood in Japan is being made viral by claiming it to be of Haridwar Viral Video Flood in Japan Mistaken for Haridwar Incident

New Delhi (Viswas News). A video of flood is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In the video, it can be seen that houses are breaking and flowing due to the fast flowing water. By sharing this video, it is being claimed that the dry rivers in Haridwar have started taking a fierce form and people are facing floods.

Vishvas News found in its investigation that the claim being made about the viral video is false. Actually the viral video has no connection with India. This video is of the flood in Japan, which people are now sharing on social media with false claims.

What is going viral?

Facebook User Laxman Bihari shared the viral video on July 5 and wrote in the caption, “The fierce form of the dry river in Haridwar on June 29, 2024, dozens of vehicles swept away in the flood.”

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investigation

To find out the truth of the viral claim, we extracted several key frames from the video and started searching them with the help of Google reverse image. We Video It was found uploaded on an Instagram account named aidacitraida on July 4, 2021. According to the available information, the viral video is of the flood in Japan.

Based on the information received, we started searching on Google using the relevant keywords. We found a news related to the claim Report Found on the website of 24h. The report has been published on 4 July 2021. According to the report, floods have been reported in Shizuoka and Kanagawa. Due to the flood, the ground slipped in many areas and houses broke and got washed away with the water. After these accidents, 20 people were reported missing.

We got viral Video The official X account of 10 News First found a post with the same information on July 3, 2021. The caption states that the video is from an incident that took place in Japan.

#BREAKING: There are fears for at least 19 people currently missing after a mudslide hit homes in Atami, Japan, west of Tokyo.

Rescue workers are currently underway to search for the missing people . pic.twitter.com/WP1qxtqLdN

— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) July 3, 2021

For more information, we contacted Haridwar reporter Deepak Prajapati. He told us that the viral claim is false. This video is not from Haridwar.

Finally, we scanned the account of the user who shared the video with the false claim. We found that the user is followed by 1200 people.

Conclusion: Vishvas News found in its investigation that the claim being made about the viral video in the name of flood in Haridwar is false. Actually the viral video has no connection with India. This video is of the flood in Japan, which people are now sharing on social media with false claims.

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