The terrifying viral video of destruction caused in Dharamshala is actually from Atami, Japan.
On Monday, July 12 2021, a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district caused flash floods in Dharamshala and other parts of the state. As a result, all social media platforms have been bombarded with horrifying footage and images uploaded by various individuals.
A video of a landslide with gushing water and sludge wrecking havoc has gone viral on social media, with claims that it was triggered by flash floods in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
The caption of the video widely shared read “Another frightful video of #cloudburst in #Mcleodganj #Himanchalpradesh #Dharamsala #Dharamshala Hope no one lost his life in this flood”.
Another frightful video of #cloudburst in #Mcleodganj #Himanchalpradesh #Dharamsala #Dharamshala
Hope no one lost his life in this flood #Dharamshala pic.twitter.com/retvIGaJKB— Chaman Gupta (@Chamangupta_) July 13, 2021
Another frightful video of #cloudburst in #Mcleodganj #Himanchalpradesh #Dharamsala #Dharamshala
Hope no one lost his life in this flood pic.twitter.com/cRh5UjulUo— Vishal Rajput (@VishalRajput_2) July 12, 2021
Encroachment of Riverbed !
Uncontrolled development !Why people don't think about sustainability?
Recent #cloudburst in Himachalpardesh is just a warning , time to act !#environment #ClimateCrisis pic.twitter.com/RSlNCHHt7U
— Students4Green India (@sgilive) July 13, 2021
हिमाचल के धर्मशाला में बारिश का कहर | Himachal Live Flood Video#Manali #Dharamshala #Himachal #HimachalRain #Kullu #Shimla #Mussoorie #HimachalFloods #Floods #LiveVideo #Live #LiveFootage #Dharmshala #HillStation #Flood pic.twitter.com/XkD0XiUsTV
— Prachand.in – Hindi News, हिंदी न्यूज़ (@Prachand_in) July 13, 2021
The same clip was used, along with several other videos from Dharamshala’s flash floods, to assert that it was legitimate.
TRUTH
The video is of a mudslide in Japan’s Atami city and not from Dharamshala.
This viral video shows a landslide in the Japanese city of Atami on July 3, 2021, that swept away many homes and vehicles, killing two people and leaving several others missing due to heavy rainfall.
#BREAKING
Huge landslide in #Japan has hit popular resort town #Atami obliterating houses & leading to dozens missing. #landslide— The World Reviews (@tworldreviews) July 3, 2021
Twenty people are missing following huge landslide in Atami, Japan
Latest: https://t.co/67DVUIASca pic.twitter.com/a5THtV31l9— The National (@TheNationalNews) July 4, 2021
We retrieved numerous keyframes from the video by performing a reverse image search on the video using InVid. This led us to an article on mainstream news website CNN published on July 4, 2021, about the landslide in Atami, Japan.
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