On 26 August 2025, a landslide triggered by heavy rain claimed 35 lives and left several others injured along the Vaishno Devi Yatra route in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra. Against this backdrop, a video of vehicles, houses and other structures along with a few people under debris went viral on social media claiming it was […]
Continue Reading
Recently, a video of a landslide went viral on social media claiming it was from Jammu. The video shows several houses and trees being swept into a large water body. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was false. The viral video is old and not […]
Continue Reading
A photo of an excavator allegedly being transported to Uttarakhand, after the recent cloudburst incident, by a helicopter went viral on social media. Sharing the image users wrote, “A JCB machine was delivered to #Dharali in Uttarakhand by a Chinook helicopter because roads were closed. This delivery likely aimed to assist with road clearance or […]
Continue Reading
This viral video shows an incident from West Sumatra; Indonesia and it dates back to May 2024. It has no link to Himachal Pradesh Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the past week triggered landslides and flash floods which disrupted the life of Himachal Pradesh. In the wake of this several unverified images, videos, and […]
Continue Reading
The tragic landslides in Wayanad claimed over 323 lives and officials worry the number could climb higher. Social media is flooded with the visuals of landslides claimed to be from Wayanad. One such video shows a road crumbling down as the entire trunk of the hillside collapses. Sharing the video on Facebook, users are claiming […]
Continue Reading
In the early hours of 30 July 2024, massive landslides hit Kerala’s Wayanad district burying a large area under debris which claimed over 275 lives. The Kerala State government has decided to ask the central government to declare the Wayanad landslides as a national disaster. On this backdrop, an image of a landslide hit area […]
Continue Reading
The viral video does not show a massive landslide on Anmod Ghat at the Karnataka-Goa border. The video is from an incident that took place in 2021 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. A video showing a massive landslide due to which a part of the road can be seen collapsing within seconds. The users claim that […]
Continue Reading
The viral video does not show a massive landslide on Narayangarh-Kathmandu road in Nepal. The video is from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in 2021. A video showing a massive landslide due to which a part of the road can be seen collapsing within seconds. The users claim that this video is from Nepal showing a massive […]
Continue Reading
Amidst devastating footage from West Bengal after the super cyclone struck the state another video showing a natural calamity is doing rounds on social media. A video of a massive landslide is viral on social media claiming that it shows a landslide that took place in Shillong (Meghalaya). Facebook Post | Archive Link Fact Check- […]
Continue Reading
A picture of U-shaped road is being shared with the claim that an emergency road has been constructed in Japan to maintain the flow of traffic after a landslide within 24 hours. On 13 October 2019, a Facebook page called “Dontgetserious” uploaded a photo captioned “Emergency road was constructed within 24 hours after a disastrous […]
Continue Reading