Collection of Foreign Images Misleadingly Shared As Snowfall in Hatton!

Join our WhatsApp Group here for daily fact-check updates. Ground frost occurs periodically in the Nuwara Eliya region, especially during January – February. Recently, a series of photos went viral in Sri Lanka, claiming to be snowfall in the Hatton area. We conducted a fact-check to verify its accuracy. Social Media Posts : A Facebook […]

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Video of a Landslide in Indonesia Falsely Portrayed as Hatton in Sri Lanka

With the south-west monsoon condition gradually establishing over the country, Meteorology Department has announced several landslide warnings over the past few weeks regarding heavy rainfall. Vehicular movement along the Hatton-Colombo main road was temporarily hampered on 19th May due to the collapse of an earth embankment in Watawala, Hatton and video footages related to the incident […]

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