False Flooding Footage Resurfaces

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Month-old timelapse video falsely linked to 'flooding in southern India'

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A month-old time-lapse showing a courtyard being submerged by floodwaters has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed flooding in the Wayanad district of southern India 's Kerala state in July 2024 .

The clip was shared after at least 108 people were killed after landslides triggered by monsoon rains struck tea plantations in India 's southern coastal state of Kerala .

The footage, however, has circulated in posts and reports about flash flooding in southern China 's Guangdong province in mid-June .

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