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  • 2020-11-23 (xsd:date)
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  • This video shows a rescue operation in Guatemala, not the Philippines (en)
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  • A video of a flood rescue operation has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Twitter and Facebook posts alongside a claim that it was filmed in the Philippines shortly after Typhoon Vamco hit the country. The claim is false; the video in fact shows a rescue operation in Guatemala following Storm Eta in early November 2020. The 15-second video was posted on November 12, 2020, here on Twitter, where it has been viewed more than 220,000 times. A screenshot of the misleading post, taken on November 17, 2020 The video’s caption states: THIS IS SO HEARTBREAKING PLEASE PRAY FOR EVERYONE THIS ISNT REAL #ulysessph #typhoon #PrayForPhilippines #UlyssesPh #UlyssesPH. The post circulated online the same day Typhoon Vamco, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ulysses , hit the Philippine capital of Manila. An identical video and claim was also shared here , here , here and here on Facebook. The claim is false; the video was in fact filmed in Guatemala. A reverse image search of the video’s keyframes extracted using InVID-WeVerify, a digital verification tool, found an identical video was posted here on Twitter by US non-profit organisation World Central Kitchen. It’s been a long week, but the work can’t stop. Hurricane #Eta caused immense destruction in Central America. WCK teams are on the ground in Guatemala & Honduras. We joined a rescue mission in Morales, Guatemala—families were picked up & we dropped food for others still trapped. pic.twitter.com/l0qZGwSnZS — World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) November 8, 2020 The video, published on November 9, 2020, is captioned: It’s been a long week, but the work can’t stop. Hurricane #Eta caused immense destruction in Central America. WCK teams are on the ground in Guatemala & Honduras. We joined a rescue mission in Morales, Guatemala—families were picked up & we dropped food for others still trapped. Eta was a powerful storm that devastated portions of Guatemala, leaving about 150 people dead, AFP reported here on November 6, 2020. Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the World Central Kitchen video (R): Screenshot comparison of the video in the misleading posts (L) and the World Central Kitchen video (R) At the video’s seven-second mark, a rescuer can be seen wearing a uniform with a print that reads: GUATEMALA. Screenshot of video frame that shows Guatemala in uniform The same rescue operation video was also posted here on Twitter by Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei. (en)
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