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The video exhibits a June 2025 flash flood in Menchaca, Querétaro, Mexico, not current footage of Crising’s affect within the Philippines
Declare: A video exhibits a van being swept away by a flash flood triggered by Extreme Tropical Storm Crising (Wipha), which introduced heavy rain to components of Luzon within the Philippines.
Score: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the declare has already obtained 3.2 million views, 21,300 reactions, 2,700 shares, and a pair of,100 feedback as of writing. It was posted on July 19 as Extreme Tropical Storm Crising introduced heavy rain to Northern Luzon, passing near mainland Cagayan and Babuyan Islands earlier than exiting the Philippine Space of Accountability (PAR).
The video exhibits a van being swept away by a flash flood, with textual content saying, “Crising, tama na (Crising, that’s sufficient),” spreading alarm amongst Fb customers.
The account that posted the video didn’t say when and the place the clip was taken.
The information: The video doesn’t present the affect of Extreme Tropical Storm Crising. The flooding proven within the video didn’t occur within the Philippines, however in Menchaca, Querétaro, Mexico, on June 15, 2025. On the time, Tropical Storm Dalila was passing over Mexico, bringing heavy rains.
Comparable movies of the flood had been additionally posted on June 16 and June 17, with captions stating the flood occurred in Mexico on June 15.
AFP Reality Examine has beforehand debunked an analogous declare linking the identical video to flooding in Texas. Utilizing Google Road View imagery, it recognized the road captured within the footage as Calle Río Culiacán, which is positioned in Menchaca, Querétaro, in Mexico.
Heavy rain in Luzon: Crising developed right into a tropical melancholy on July 16, turning into the Philippines’ third tropical cyclone for 2025 and the second tropical cyclone for July. It intensified right into a extreme tropical storm on July 19 earlier than exiting the PAR.
Even after its exit, Crising brought about heavy rainfall and enhanced the southwest monsoon or habagat. In Cagayan province, the extreme tropical storm displaced no less than 2,000 households and brought about an estimated P17 million in losses to the agriculture and fisheries sector.
Earlier truth checks: Rappler has beforehand debunked comparable false claims about flooding and storms within the Philippines:
Climate updates: As of Thursday, July 24, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA) is at the moment monitoring two tropical cyclones contained in the PAR: Hurricane Emong (Co-may) and Tropical Storm Dante (Francisco).
For official climate updates, go to PAGASA’s official web site, X (previously Twitter) web page, and YouTube channel. Updates may also be discovered on Rappler’s Philippine climate web page. – Angelee Kaye Abelinde/Rappler.com
Angelee Kaye Abelinde is a scholar journalist primarily based in Naga Metropolis, and an alumna of Rappler’s Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship 2024.
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