Claim: A video on social media apparently shows a storm due to Cyclone Biparjoy striking India and Pakistan. Fact: The claim is false as the video is from Egypt and actually shows a sandstorm at the Suez Canal. Cyclone Biparjoy was churning across the northeastern Arabian Sea and hit western India on 15 June 2023. […]
Claim: A video of waves of water crashing onto a bridge apparently shows Cyclone Biparjoy damaging in Gujrat, India. Fact: The video is actually from 2017, not from 2023 when Cyclone Biparjoy is nearing India and Pakistan. Cyclone Biparjoy has been churning across the northeastern Arabian Sea, heading toward southern Pakistan and western India since […]
Claim: A video claims to show Cyclone Biparjoy making landfall in Gujarat, India. Fact: The video is old. In fact, it shows huge waves crashing on the coast of San Sebastian in Spain. Fact or Fiction? On 12 June 2023, PakWeather.com (@Pak_Weather) tweeted a video claiming that it shows Cyclone Biparjoy passing by the coast […]
Claim: A video shows the “menacing skies & turbulent seas” of Cyclone Biparjoy near Sea View, Karachi. Fact: The video does not show Karachi’s Sea View, nor is it from any coastal areas of Pakistan. It is, in fact, Category 2 Pacific Hurricane Olaf, which made landfall in Baja California Peninsula in Mexico in September […]