Video of flooded street from Saudi Arabia shared as Marina Beach in Chennai

This viral video of a flooded street is from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it has no connection to Chennai.

Cyclone Fengal’s impact has brought incessant heavy rainfall and flood situations across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Puducherry. Amidst this, a video showing heavy rainwater flooding on roads and disrupting vehicles has gone viral on social media with claims that it is from Marina Beach Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Fact Check- 

Our investigation began with a reverse image search of key frames from the viral video and the results led us to a Facebook post uploaded on 3 July with the caption Heavy rain in Jeddah city carrying the same viral video.

Moving forward, we found the same video on Newsflare, an online news video community on 3 September 2024 with the caption, “Saudi Arabia: Heavy rain has flooded the streets of Jeddah”.

We found news headlines about severe rainfall in Jeddah on 2 September 2024. It resulted in flash floods, which caused widespread disruption. Schools and roads were closed due to flooding. At least 5 people lost their lives during these floods, highlighting the severity of the situation. A notification from the Saudi Press Agency’s website confirmed that Jeddah met with heavy rainfall on 2 September.

Conclusion- 

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False. This viral video of a flooded street is from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it has no connection to Chennai.