{"id":20281,"date":"2024-09-28T05:21:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T04:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=20281"},"modified":"2024-09-28T05:21:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T04:21:42","slug":"video-of-japan-landslide-falsely-used-to-portray-maiduguri-flood-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/video-of-japan-landslide-falsely-used-to-portray-maiduguri-flood-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Japan landslide falsely used to portray Maiduguri flood scene\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: <\/strong>An X user shared<\/a> a video showing flooded areas he claimed occurred in Maiduguri, Borno State.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: Misleading! <\/strong>DUBAWA found that the video in circulation has been online since Jul. 2024. A local journalist also confirmed that the scene does not reflect any part of Maiduguri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On\u00a0 Sept. 9, 2024, the Alau Dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, collapsed and caused<\/a> severe flooding in parts of the state. The incident destroyed thousands of homes and worsened the humanitarian crisis the state has been experiencing for years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As authorities struggle to rescue residents and place them in temporary shelters in the northeast state, a video<\/a> emerged on X showing heavy downpours claimed to be the scene of the flood in Maiduguri.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The caption attached to the post reads, \u201cMaiduguri currently, please let’s have them in our dear heart.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA examined the footage on Sept. 11, 2024, the post has amassed about 376 views, six likes, three reposts, and one bookmark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need to curb the potential tension during crises like this prompted DUBAWA to conduct this verification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA cut the clip into minimal keyframes to analyze Google Reverse Image Search. Results pointed out that the video has been online since July 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We scoured credible media outlets and found a Jul. 3, 2021 report<\/a> by The Times India showing a similar video.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video’s background description states that it was filmed as a huge landslide swept away homes in the city of Atami, central Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of a building in the building.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The incident, which led to the missing of over 20 residents and killed many, was said to have been caused by excessive rainfall in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of CNN\u2019s report showing the same building\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BBC<\/a> and CNN<\/a> reported similar developments in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we reached Imran Ridwan<\/a>, a journalist living in Borno. \u201cWe do not have such structures in Maiduguri, this is false,\u201d said the journalist in a telephone conversation with DUBAWA.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Findings indicate that the video used to portray a recent flood scene in Maiduguri had been online for three years and originated from Japan. The claim by an X user that the video is about the recent Maiduguri flood is false. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Findings indicate that the video used to portray a recent flood scene in Maiduguri had been online for three years and originated from Japan. The claim by an X user that the video is about the recent Maiduguri flood is false.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[123,437,1571,3812,3815],"tags":[4380,1545,4379],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3803],"class_list":["post-20281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainstream","category-facebook-checks","category-fact-check","category-headline","category-homepage","tag-flood","tag-maiduguri","tag-mudslide"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-5h7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3803,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"mohammed-taoheed","display_name":"Mohammed Taoheed","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-47.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20284,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20281\/revisions\/20284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20281"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=20281"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=20281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}