A powerful tropical cyclone — Yagi — severely impacted multiple countries, like the Philippines, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, impacting millions of people.
It killed two people and left at least 92 injured on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, when it made landfall in the first week of September. In this context, a video has gone viral on social media, claiming that the visuals are of the utter devastation caused by Typhoon Yagi.
The post reads: “Typhoon yagi in china today #typhoon #typhoonyagi #china
Typhoon yagi in china today #typhoon #typhoonyagi #china”
Here’s the link to the above post. (Archive)
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be false.
putting the viral video keyframes through Reverse Image Search, the NM team found the viral video shared by 10NewsFirst on Twitter, dated July 4, 2021, stating that the visuals were captured during a landslide at Atami city 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
Many other mainstream news websites, including ABC News and The National, also published the video in 2021, informing that the visuals are from Tokyo, Japan.
Reportedly, at least two people were killed in the landslide in Atami, Japan, after a week of torrential rain in 2021. “A torrent of mud and rock cascaded onto a road in Shizokua province, sweeping away nearby houses in the small town 90 km south-west of Tokyo,” says The National News report.
Hence, from the above information, it is clear that the visuals are NOT from China, BUT Japan.
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