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  • 2021-07-28 (xsd:date)
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  • The video predates Typhoon In-Fa that hit eastern China in 2021 (en)
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  • A video viewed thousands of times on Twitter and YouTube purports to show water leaking into Shanghai's metro as Typhoon In-Fa hit eastern China in July 2021. The claim is false: the video has been circulating online since at least August 2019, when Typhoon Lekima pummelled the city. Typhoon In-Fa landed / Shanghai is in an emergency, reads a tweet posted on June 26. Water began to enter the extension of Shanghai Metro Line 1. The video, which has been viewed more than 11,000 times, shows water leaking from the roof of a metro station onto the platform. Screenshot taken on July 27, 2021, of the misleading Twitter post ( AFP) Typhoon In-Fa lashed eastern China with high winds and heavy rain on July 25, as other parts of the country were still cleaning up following historic flooding. All inbound and outbound flights were cancelled for Shanghai's two international airports as were dozens of scheduled trains, while activity at the ports of Shanghai and Ningbo -- two of the world's largest -- was also shut down. Similar posts were shared here and here on Twitter, and here on YouTube. However, the claim is false. The video has been circulating online since at least August 2019, when Shanghai was struck by the deadly Typhoon Lekima. A clearer version of the video AFP found on Chinese video-sharing site Bilibili here shows Line 5 on the platform. Screenshot taken on July 28, 2021, of the Bilibili video, with Line 5 circled in red by AFP ( AFP) A keyword search on Weibo found a longer version of the video published here by a Shanghai-based account on August 10, 2019. The same footage circulating on social media can be seen from the eight-second mark of the Weibo video. Below is a screenshot comparison of the video shared in the misleading posts (L) and the Weibo video (R): Screenshot comparison of the video shared in the misleading posts (L) and the Weibo video (R) ( AFP) The 2019 Weibo post mentions Typhoon Lekima which killed dozens of people in eastern China in August 2019. Meanwhile, Shanghai Metro debunked the false posts. The company said in this Weibo statement on July 26, 2021 that the footage did not show Typhoon In-Fa. As early as August 2019, when Typhoon Lekima hit [Shanghai], some netizens started uploading similar videos, the simplified Chinese statement reads. (en)
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