{"id":1213,"date":"2020-12-08T06:26:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T06:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:57:48","slug":"old-and-unrelated-sl-video-shared-as-burevi-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/old-and-unrelated-sl-video-shared-as-burevi-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Old and unrelated video shared as Cyclone Burevi in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Thubnail-Post-No-02-Shan-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Thubnail-Post-No-02-Shan-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Thubnail-Post-No-02-Shan-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Thubnail-Post-No-02-Shan-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Thubnail-Post-No-02-Shan-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Thubnail-Post-No-02-Shan.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyclone Burevi hit the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka on the night of 2<sup>nd<\/sup> December and gradually moved west towards the Bay of Bengal on the following day, without causing extensive damage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SLMetDept\">Department of Meteorology<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dmc.gov.lk\">Disaster Management Center<\/a> had issued several warnings for heavy rains accompanied with strong winds especially to the people in the risk zones in Northern parts of the island.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this context, we found a viral video being shared on social media platform claiming to be of Cyclone Burevi. However, our investigation revealed that the video was not a recent one and related to an incident, which had happened several years ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Twitter user named Chamalka shared this video as seen below along with the text #CycloneBurevi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-18-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Cyclone Burevi-Fake\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/486356828?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"307\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chamalka_N\/status\/1334062186939891712?s=19\">Tweet<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/486356828\">Archived<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Facebook page called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/videocollectionSL\/?__tn__=kC-R&amp;eid=ARAmuWo1HW8O_XHUji3UYrz9ZGQLhPPGj6N038LHQoxPwMDWX-n356TZ1K0V1hzD4fjLY8baAcgSYmJt&amp;hc_ref=ARSv7trpFK4J36wA9MiXaglJKFMkDI3vL-CVCSqiL5ONUTCA-5eK57T45RRxnRz5Cd8&amp;ref=nf_target&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBYdd8CsrbmrycRQAz7JtoxBwf9nQWycpvd3bxJnd_XRedtq1dOus5klg1E6L5Z0ZWXNHcyufys642FCuFs8gGbzotdVM2h3OBEBa_TFM9S8fHCqLhfu9-S29AGP40YeRTEOvXgzYRrDpGEt8SVSjwPH0RiH7cNmAtohYT8x_We3P6U7FJmUjAEnChVefMK9NGz2pFM8s_G3lukGcRPpVCecb80SQxFH72gkeAgoUSlN1JEyThQ8hYkELmq_943aysTdlkEXc49Exvrfh6XfsEI_1fPsDkr2Z93JcvA6v6Qr4ZYY034g4dAvQyjrHB9DoWl1cGoQFgNx-vtMORykoRzsdzA94gcq04\">The Video Collection<\/a>\u201d also streamed the video live on their newsfeed captioned: \u201cThe Burevi Cyclone | burevi cyclone in Sri Lanka | most popular cyclones Sri Lanka..Be careful and share this\ud83d\ude22\u201d giving the impression that the incident had happened recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/videocollectionSL\/videos\/226000912288296\/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBYdd8CsrbmrycRQAz7JtoxBwf9nQWycpvd3bxJnd_XRedtq1dOus5klg1E6L5Z0ZWXNHcyufys642FCuFs8gGbzotdVM2h3OBEBa_TFM9S8fHCqLhfu9-S29AGP40YeRTEOvXgzYRrDpGEt8SVSjwPH0RiH7cNmAtohYT8x_We3P6U7FJmUjAEnChVefMK9NGz2pFM8s_G3lukGcRPpVCecb80SQxFH72gkeAgoUSlN1JEyThQ8hYkELmq_943aysTdlkEXc49Exvrfh6XfsEI_1fPsDkr2Z93JcvA6v6Qr4ZYY034g4dAvQyjrHB9DoWl1cGoQFgNx-vtMORykoRzsdzA94gcq04&amp;__tn__=-R\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/mzZau\">Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, many of the comments under these posts said the video was fake. Others said the video seems to be of a funnel cloud more than a cyclone or a tornado.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact Check&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We began our investigation with a Google reverse image search, which clearly revealed that the video had been shared for several years on multiple occasions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, a video titled \u2018Tornado sri lanka\u2019 was uploaded on YouTube, which can be seen below:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Tornado sri lanka\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UiKjxttMGUc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, we discovered that the same video was used in several prior false posts claiming to be a tornado in India. The claim has been debunked by several Indian fact-checkers in 2017&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We inspected the video closely and identified the location to be a Damro Showroom in Wadduwa. Below is the Google Street view of the same location, which clarifies the video, was indeed shot in Wadduwa near Kaluthara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/udQxLIANi4hADS-SDa8TnrX3MIDdyz6wUNfGs-zYRTSz1OttoY6-xT0Y0qGqNCmLT3EvcNAtVvjIdIAi0OqYrvPJ3gxbiz5tKHL0_pOV6xg7ttLDP80jdZcgjO2QQNeEp-XVjmJ76FaWrvnSnA\" alt=\"D:\\AAA -Fact Checking\\Completed\\AAA-Publish\\Sinhala\\550 Cyclone Buruvi\\screenshot-www.google.com-2020.12.02-20_17_04.png\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@6.6685708,79.9283967,3a,75y,285.76h,84.57t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2_YF6AvTuYTj1yRdSDddAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\">Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our investigations reveal that the video shared claiming to be of the Burevi cyclone is in fact a video taken several years ago of a funnel cloud in Wadduwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<!DOCTYPE html>\n\t\t<html>\n\t\t<head>\n\t\t<meta 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