Old video from Spain shared as Cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat

This is an old video from Paseo Nuevo in San Sebastian, Spain. The video has nothing to do with Cyclone Biparjoy.

Cyclone Biparjoy, which became an extremely powerful cyclonic storm on June 11, is just the third cyclone to impact the western coast in nearly 60 years. According to Sunil Kamble, IMD chief Cyclone Biparjoy is currently away from Mumbai. The cyclonic storm is likely to make landfall between Mandvi and Karachi on 15th June. Heavy rains to occur in Kachchh, Saurashtra in next 24 hours. 

In this context social media is flooded with videos of high tides caused by the storm. A video showing high waves crashing on a shore has gone viral with the caption “Under the influence of very severe cyclonic storm “Biparjoy” in Arabian sea which is passing nearby Gujarat coast, quite extreme sea-tides are being observed at Madhavpur (Gujarat)”.

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Fact Check-

A Google reverse image search using the viral video’s key frames led us to a video showing similar visuals was uploaded by a YouTube channel on 10 January , 2021. From 1:44 minutes of the video, we can see the same visuals as seen in the viral video and the description states “It’s North of Spain, it happens roughly twice a year due to deep water sea wave that can reach up to 24m height”.

In further search we found a photograph of high tide from what looked like the same location on the stock image site Alamy. Per the website, the photo was shot at Paseo Nuevo in San Sebastián.

We also found another video uploaded on Instagram posts that carried similar visuals to the viral video. The video was shared in December 2020, and the captions read: Big Waves at San Sebastián Donostian waves (Translation)

Taking a cue, we looked for Donostia-San Sebastián, a coastal city by the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain on Google Maps , and we found the exact location of the viral video as Pasealekua Berria, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

on comparing Google Maps images and Paseo Nuevo area in Spain with that of the visuals shown in the video, it is confirmed that the video shows old visuals from Paseo Nuevo in San Sebastian city of Spain.

Conclusion-

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False.

The viral video is old and it is from Spain. It has no link with the Cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat.