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      Assam Floods: Old Flood Images Go Viral

      BOOM found that images from previous Assam floods had gone viral as recent flood images.

      By - Anmol Alphonso |
      Published -  15 July 2019 5:02 PM IST
    • Boomlive
      AssamFloods

      Several photos have gone viral on social media falsely claiming to be from the recent floods that have hit Assam.

      Under the hashtag #AssamFloods, we found that Twitter users were falling for these images sharing them as recent.

      The floods in Assam have affected around 26 lakh people and has reportedly led to the death of eleven people.

      tweet on assam floods
      Tweet claiming photos to be recent

      Click here to view the tweet, and here for an archive.

      This tweet has gained around 265 retweets and 310 likes as of writing the article.

      https://twitter.com/roopnayandarak/status/1150679605721755649

      FACT-CHECK

      Image 1:

      Image 1 Assam floods
      Old Image.

      We performed a reverse image search using the Russian search engine Yandex and found that the image was old.

      Yandex result floods image
      Yandex results

      The search results showed results with the title '2008 Bihar floods'. An Amar Ujala article dating back to 2016, titled 'Preparation Of Bihar Government Regarding Flood In State' came up as one of the results.

      Amar Ujala flood image
      2016 Amar Ujala article using the same image

      Image 2:

      Image 2 assam floods
      Image dating back to July 2016

      A Google reverse image search showed that the image was taken by Kulendu Kalita for AFP during the floods that had hit Assam in July 2016.

      Getty images flood image
      Photo Credit: KULENDU KALITA/AFP/Getty Images

      The description of the image reads, "Indian children sit on the roof of a home submerged in flood waters in Batahidia on the Brahmaputra River in South Kamrup, southwest of Guwahati, on July 27, 2016."

      Image 3:

      Image 3 Assam floods
      Image dating back to August 2017

      The image of the carcass of a tiger floating in flood waters is from
      Kaziranga National Park in Assam, dating back to August 2017.

      IE article on assam floods 2017
      Indian Express article on the image

      BOOM had fact-checked the same image when it had gone viral in September 2018 as animals killed in Kaziranga National Park during the floods that had hit Assam.

      Also Read: Assam Floods: News Of 225 Animals Dead In Kaziranga Is From 2017

      Tags

      Assamfake newsfeaturedflood
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      Claim :   Images From Assam Floods In July, 2019.
      Claimed By :  Twitter
      Fact Check :  FALSE
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