The Video Of Sand Dredgers Crashing Into A Bridge Is Not From Nepal.
A video of several big machines being washed away in heavy floods went viral on social media, claiming it to be from Nepal. Sharing the video on Facebook a user wrote, "Nepal flood_sush a big crusher washed away by flood in Nepal_2024.बाढि पहिरोको कारण यति ठुलो क्रसर लाई बगायो ............."
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However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was false. The video is not from Nepal. Here's the fact check.
Fact Check
We started our investigation by taking some screenshots from the viral video and conducting a reverse image search. This led us to the website MSN where the viral video was uploaded a month ago. The description of the video reads, "Sand dredgers crash into bridge and sink into flooded river in Vietnam. Bystanders along the Chay River in Vietnam's Yen Bai province witnessed the dramatic moment when sand dredgers crashed into the To Mau bridge on September 9. Footage captured the vessels being swept downstream and forced under the bridge by the surging current. Super Typhoon Yagi has brought heavy rains to the region since early September".
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Moving forward, we found a report on a Vietnamese website that contained a photo similar to the screenshot of the viral video. According to the report, the sand dredgers were swept away in flood and collided with the Mau Bridge of the Chay River in Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam on 9 September 2024.
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Taking this clue, we conducted a relevant keyword search. This led us to a report published on Newsflare. The report contained the viral video. It read, "This is the dramatic moment sand dredgers crashed into a bridge as the river surged from Super Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam.
Footage shows the two specialized boats drifting and smashing into the To Mau bridge across the Chay River in Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province, on September 9.
One vessel sank and passed under the bridge while the other remained stuck.
Yagi was Asia's most powerful storm this year, triggering landslides and floods that killed at least 150 people in Vietnam, where it made landfall.
Four people also died in the Chinese holiday of Hainan in its path after coming from the Philippines, where it killed at least 20 residents.
The tropical cyclone intensified into a Super Typhoon last week, causing a trail of destruction in the region".
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Similar reports can be read here and here.
It is worth mentioning that on 7 September 2024, Super Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm in Vietnam in 70 years, made landfall, affecting 14 northern provinces and impacting the lives of millions of children and families.
This makes it clear that the viral video is from Vietnam.
Conclusion
From our investigation, we can say that the claim is false. The video of sand dredgers crashing into a bridge is not from Nepal. The video is from Vietnam. The incident occurred on 9 September 2024 in Yen Bai Province of Vietnam.