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A viral video claiming camels will be washed away in the 2024 Dubai floods is misleading

Days after the country was flooded, heavy rains hit Dubai again. Authorities canceled flights to and from Dubai while students and workers were asked to stay at home. Dubai authorities also sent emergency notifications on mobile phones to citizens urging them to stay at home.

From – Satya Priya BN

Update: 05/04/2024 10:36 GMT

Days after the country was flooded, heavy rains hit Dubai again. Authorities canceled flights to and from Dubai while students and workers were asked to stay at home. Dubai authorities also sent emergency notifications on mobile phones to citizens urging them to stay at home. Dubai received 20 millimeters of rain in 12 hours, more than double the rainfall the city received in April and May. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi received 34 mm of rain in 24 hours, more than four times the normal amount in April and May. The weather bureau said the unstable weather is expected to affect parts of the UAE for two days.

At the same time, a video showing floods in a desert area with camels being swept away by the water is being widely shared on social media. Users on Facebook shared the video claiming that it shows the flooding in the desert area of ​​Dubai. The users imply that the urban area was flooded before and now the desert area is flooding.

Some Facebook users shared the video with the caption “2 sides of Dubai flooding – city and desert yesterday,” which shows both city and desert flooding. While others just shared flooding in the desert with the caption “The Other Side of Dubai.” The desert. Animals in the Flood'

Fact check:

The claim is false. The viral video does not show the flooding in the Dubai desert.

When we searched the extracted keyframes from the video using Google reverse image search, we found that the video was shared by some Facebook users in 2018 with the caption in Arabic.

The video was also shared by Malayalam Weekly News with the title “Camels caught in river in Tabuk – Video”. The article was published on October 26, 2018. It says that when heavy rains occur in the region, camels are washed away in the desert. Unexpectedly, floodwaters rush over the spot where the camels were standing and one of the camels is swept away. The footage of the incident is going viral on social media.

An Instagram user named Ada Monzon also shared the video with the caption, “Lluvias fuertes en Tabouk, Arabia Saudita han ocasionado una crecida significativa de este río.” Los Camellos enfrentaron grandes retos. Via @dearmoonproject @wmo_omm y @climatewithoutborders without borders” on October 27, 2018. According to her Instagram bio, she is a news personality and chief meteorologist @wapatv.

Therefore, the video showing camels being washed away by floods is not from Dubai and is not current. The video is from Tabuk, Saudi Arabia and this incident occurred in October 2018. The claim is false.

Claim: Viral video shows camels suffering from floods in Dubai desert in 2024

Claimed by: Facebook users

Fact check: INCORRECT

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