KATHMANDU: A video clip, allegedly showing sand dredgers crashing into a bridge over a flooded river, has been widely shared on social media.
Some YouTube users have claimed that the footage depicts recent floods in Nepal, which resulted in the deaths of over 220 people, with 25 still missing.
The disaster caused significant economic losses in the largely mountainous country.
In the past few days, the video of multiple sand dredgers colliding with a concrete bridge has gained traction, particularly among YouTubers from India and Nepal.
They claim that the 1 minute and 36 second clip (shorter versions of the same video have also circulated online) shows a flooded river in Nepal.
Fact-check
During our fact-checking, we downloaded the video, captured screenshots, and conducted a reverse image search on Google.
The search led us to a Vietnamese website. After translating the news report using Google Translate, we found that the river in question is the Chay River, located in Yen Bai province, Vietnam. The bridge shown in the video is To Mau bridge.
On September 9, 2024, several sand dredgers were swept away by strong currents and collided with the bridge.
According to CNN, Typhoon Yagi hit Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries in September, resulting in landslides and floods that claimed at least 226 lives in Vietnam.
Based on this evidence, we have confirmed that the video does not show recent floods in Nepal. Instead, it captures flooding in Vietnam following Typhoon Yagi.
(Copyright: https://nepalcheck.org/2024/10/04/)
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