These days a large number of videos related to rain and floods are becoming viral on social media. Meanwhile, a video of a cloudburst has surfaced. It was claimed that this video is from Karachi in the neighboring country of Pakistan.
A user shared the video on Twitter and wrote in Urdu that the scene of cloudburst in Karachi today (*کراچی میں ادل نے نی CLOUD BURSTING مناظر* #مجبور_عوام_عیاش_حکمران)
Several other users have also shared this video with similar claims. Which can be found here, here and here.
This video has been viewed and shared thousands of times.
Fact Check:
This video was posted on July 21, 2019, by American photographer Kyle Beene on his YouTube channel.
Giving details about the video, Bene stated that he filmed the video during a cloudburst on August 23, 2018, just north of Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.
Hence the viral video of cloudburst in Karachi is misleading.
Claim Review: Cloudburst in Karachi
Claimed by: social media users.
Fact Check: Misleading
