Storm video compilation not from Hurricane Helene

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Storm video compilation not from Hurricane Helene
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A viral compilation of stormy video clips featuring a large inflatable duck taking flight has been spreading online as i

All the clips included in the viral video were shared online before Sept. 26, when Hurricane Helene made landfall on the western Florida coast as a Category 4 storm.A viral compilation of stormy video clips featuring a large inflatable duck taking flight has been spreading online as if the footage was filmed during Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm that hit Florida ’s western Gulf coast Sept.

26.This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about ourThe first clip featuring a white building and red pickup truck was taken in Nash County, North Carolina, during a July 2023 hurricane, according toThe third clip of a flying trampoline in a backyard was taken in July 2021 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, according to a video posted onFor the remaining clips, PolitiFact couldn’t verify exactly when and where they were taken, but in all instances we Don’t let your timeline get flooded with misinformation; these storm clips are not from Hurricane Helene. We rate this claim False.“The transgender thing is incredible... your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen with your child."Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a law that would “take children away from their parents if the parents don’t want to consent to sex changes.”

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