Video from 2023 shared as the recent footage of flood in Spain

The viral video shows floods in Zaragoza, Spain in July 2023. It has no relation with the recent flood in Spain.

The deadliest flash floods in Spain’s modern history have killed at least 214 people, and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia.

On this backdrop, a video of a flood washing away vehicles is going viral on social media. The video shows cars being swept away by torrents of water and mud. People are also seen clinging to the top of the car to escape. One of the most striking of these is a young woman jumping out of a car and trying to escape. The users who share the video claim that these visuals are from the recent flood. The caption states “Catastrophic flood in Valencia, Spain 20 inches of rainfall in only 8 hours”.

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Fact Check- 

By performing a reverse image search on Google, the results led us to a report by a Spanish-language news website named Heraldo de Aragón. This report, published on 7 July 2023 carried several visuals of a flood in Spain and mentioned that the viral video showed flooding in the country’s Zaragoza city. The Third Belt, turned into a real river, swept away the vehicles and drivers who were surprised by the storm.

The province of Zaragoza has been hit by heavy rains accompanied by hail, which caused extensive damage in the region. The strong storms also caused flooding on stretches of road, where numerous vehicles were immobilized by the amount of water.

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In further search we came across a video uploaded on YouTube on 10 July, 2023 by ‘9 News Australia’ under the title ‘Woman stranded on car roof in Spanish floodwaters’. The video explains that this is the scene of the lightning flood in Spain. 

We looked for more visuals of the floods and came across a post on twitter which had shared the same video 7 July 2023 with the title “Massive flood after heavy rains in Spain washing away cars”.

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Conclusion- 

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. The viral video shows floods in Zaragoza, Spain in July 2023. It has no relation with the recent flood in Spain.