In a video going viral on social media, terrible scenes of severe hailstorm can be seen. Users are claiming about this video that this shadid hailstorm took place in Karnal, Haryana.
A user named India Awaaz captioned on Facebook, “Due to the changing #मौसम(Climate), the rain and the big hailstorm, something like this was seen on the road in Nilokhedi in Karnal, Haryana. ” In this video, there is such a severe hail that passers-by stop their cars on the road and stop.
https://www.facebook.com/110113928080754/posts/4885883034874777/
Fact Check:
We did a reverse search of some frames of this video on the Internet and we found that these videos were uploaded on a German channel’s verified YouTube in July 2017 with the caption, “Hailstorm in Istanbul – which broke the car’s windows”-(Hindi translation).
At the same time, we also received a tweet from a verified Twitter account called Kai Diekmann in July 2017. The same video has been posted in this tweet.
So einen Hagel habe ich noch nie erlebt! #Istanbul pic.twitter.com/evuEteH30x
— Kai Diekmann (@KaiDiekmann) July 27, 2017
Conclusion:
This fact check by DFRAC proves that the video is being shared with a misleading claim, as the video is from Istanbul, the capital of Turkey.
Claim Review: Severe hailstorm in Haryana
Claimed by: Social Media Users
Fact Check: Confusing
