El Salvador landslide photo false claim
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Wayanad disaster areaFact Check
•Photo shows landslide in El Salvador in 2001, not India in 2024
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False claim surfaced after torrential monsoon rains killed more than 200 people in Kerala .
Google reverse image search found it in fact showed a landslide following an earthquake in El Salvador more than two decades ago .
The earthquake killed about 700 people, according to official figures.
The post circulated as Indian rescue crews scoured mud-caked tea plantations and villages with little hope of finding more survivors.
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