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  • 2022-07-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Image Show A Shark Swimming In A Sydney Train Station In July 2022? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a shark swimming in a flooded Sydney subway station. Facebook/Screenshot Verdict: False The image is digitally edited. The original photo is from 2014 and does not feature a shark. Fact Check: Residents in low-lying suburbs of Sydney, Australia were urged to evacuate following floods triggered by heavy rainfall, according to Reuters . Some areas were hit by as much as 35o millimeters of rain since July 2, the outlet reported. The Facebook image , garnering over 170 reactions, appears to show a shark swimming in a flooded subway station as a man in a yellow jacket looks on. Sydney aquarium staff on their way to deal with this at a Sydney train station today, the post’s caption claims. The image is digitally edited. A reverse image search revealed an unedited version of the photo first appeared in a 2014 article from the Daily Mail . Notably, there is no shark visible in the picture. The photo’s description states it shows emergency workers attempting to drain the flooded Lewisham train station in Sydney following a massive spring rainstorm. The same picture was shared on Twitter in October 2014 by the Australia News Network . JUST IN: Lewisham Train Station in the Inner West of #Sydney has been flooded amid severe storms. #SydneyStorm pic.twitter.com/hWHGKu36VI — Australia News Network (@AusNewsNetwork) October 14, 2014 JUST IN: Lewisham Train Station in the Inner West of #Sydney has been flooded amid severe storms. No shark is mentioned in the tweet. (RELATED: Does This Image Show Sharks Swimming In A Pennsylvania Mall?) Another angle of the flood at Lewisham train station was published on Twitter by the Today Show with the caption, #Lewisham train station looked like an Olympic Swimming pool or something out of Titanic. #Lewisham train station looked like an Olympic Swimming pool or something out of Titanic. – @ChrisUrquhart #Today9 pic.twitter.com/ksNHQOdOlW — The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) October 14, 2014 This is not the first time altered, flood-related photos have spread online. Check Your Fact previously debunked a viral image that appeared to show a shark swimming on a flooded Louisiana highway during Hurricane Laura. (en)
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