Old video from Georgia Supermarket falsely shared linking to Chennai floods.

This is an old video from an incident that occurred in Georgia in the year 2018 where a fish tank reportedly broke in a super market in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia.

The city of Chennai witnessed the worst flood in half a century due to the effects of Cyclone Michaung which hit in the last few days. Apart from the water logging caused by the rains, the water gushed over the roads to a height of more than five feet and all the low-lying areas were submerged. Meanwhile, a video is circulating in one of the supermarkets in the city of Chennai, purporting to be the footage of fish floating on the floor. There are scenes of watery fish floating on the floor of supermarket aisles and staff trying unsuccessfully to catch them. Crediting the visuals as being from Chennai, the accompanying caption reads: “Chennai flood in super market”

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Fact Check-

Our investigation began with a reverse image search of key frames from the viral video, which led us to a report by and found that the video has been circulating since 2018. The incident took place at a Carrefour supermarket in Tbilisi, Georgia. After the aquarium collapsed, the fish were washed away in the supermarket. Daily Mail UK published an article on the video on 12 February, 2018.

“An aquarium tank shattered in a supermarket in Georgia leaving fish wriggling helplessly around the tiled floor. Dozens of the helpless creatures were left flapping around in the shallow water in the aisle as staff at the Carrefour retailer in Tbilisi desperately tried to catch them in nets.”

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In further search we found, the same video was posted on YouTube on 5 February, 2018.

Reports published by other media outlets about the sightings mention that the incident took place at a supermarket in Georgia. Anyway, the incident has nothing to do with Chennai or even India.

Conclusion-

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False. The incident of fish floating inside the supermarket took place on 2 February, 2018 at the Carrefour supermarket in Tbilisi, Georgia. The footage has nothing to do with Chennai or the recent floods in Chennai.

Title:Old video from Georgia Supermarket falsely shared linking to Chennai floods.

Written By: Usha Manoj

Result: False