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Hours after a strong windstorm swept across parts of Kenya on 1 October 2019, claims about the event made their way online. Kenya’s major news outlets reported just one death, of a woman electrocuted in an incident related to the storm. Yet a Facebook user shared a photo on a popular Kenyan group page, claiming it showed a ship capsized by the strong winds off the coastal city of Mombasa , which resulted in thousands of deaths. The Kiswahili caption reads : Maelfu wahofiwa kuzama baharini uko Mombasa baada ya upepo mkali kukumba sehemu hiyo. This translates as: Thousands feared to have drowned in the ocean in Mombasa after strong windstorms swept through the area. Does the photo show a capsized ship on the Kenyan coast? We checked. Italian shipwreck in 2012 No, it’s actually of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia , as a reverse image search reveals. The ship ran aground on 14 January 2012 near the Italian island of Isola del Giglio. Thirty-two people drowned . The disaster was reported by media houses worldwide. Photos of the Costa Concordia accident can be found on the stock photo sites Getty Images , Shutterstock and Alamy . – Dancan Bwire
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