As torrential monsoon<\/span> rains in India’s northeast triggered landslides and deadly floods, a video was shared in social media posts falsely claiming it showed the destruction caused by a deluge in Assam’s state capital Guwahati. The video in fact shows flooding in a different state, Himachal Pradesh, in July 2023.<\/h3>\n“Scary Scenes at Gauhati, Pray for Assam,” reads the caption of a Facebook video<\/a> shared on June 3, 2025, using an alternative spelling for Assam’s state capital Guwahati.<\/p>\n“Guwahati” is also superimposed over the video, which shows a raging torrent ripping down street-side stalls.<\/p>\n
It surfaced after flash floods and landslides<\/a> triggered by annual monsoon rains in India’s northeast states killed at least 30 people, including eight in Assam\u00a0(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nIndia’s annual monsoon season from June to September offers respite from the intense summer heat and is crucial for replenishing water supplies, but also brings widespread death and destruction.<\/p>\n
Scores of people die each year during the rainy season due to flash floods and landslides across the country of 1.4 billion people.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nScreenshot of the false Facebook post, captured on June 15, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe same video was also shared in similar\u00a0Instagram<\/a> and X posts<\/a>.<\/p>\nSeveral low-lying areas of Guwahati were\u00a0recently flooded<\/a>, with hundreds of families forced to abandon homes to seek shelter elsewhere, but the video circulating online was filmed nearly two years earlier (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nA reverse image search<\/a> on Google using keyframes<\/a> from the falsely shared video led to the same\u00a0footage<\/a>\u00a0posted on Instagram on September 8, 2024 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nIts caption reads, “Sainj valley flood 09\/07\/2023”. The Sainj valley<\/a> is in Himachal Pradesh state’s Kullu district (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nAFP reported<\/span> in July 2023 that torrential downpours<\/a> washed away vehicles, demolished buildings and tore down bridges in Himachal Pradesh, the state worst affected by relentless monsoon rains at the time (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n![\"<span>Screenshot](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/rfxvkpXMoyeqVe.fqiOskQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTgyMA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/afp_factcheck_us_713\/c3068a26cb6a718333dbe93b88bf87fc\"\/)
“Guwahati” is also superimposed over the video, which shows a raging torrent ripping down street-side stalls.<\/p>\n
It surfaced after flash floods and landslides<\/a> triggered by annual monsoon rains in India’s northeast states killed at least 30 people, including eight in Assam\u00a0(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n India’s annual monsoon season from June to September offers respite from the intense summer heat and is crucial for replenishing water supplies, but also brings widespread death and destruction.<\/p>\n Scores of people die each year during the rainy season due to flash floods and landslides across the country of 1.4 billion people.<\/p>\n Screenshot of the false Facebook post, captured on June 15, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The same video was also shared in similar\u00a0Instagram<\/a> and X posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Several low-lying areas of Guwahati were\u00a0recently flooded<\/a>, with hundreds of families forced to abandon homes to seek shelter elsewhere, but the video circulating online was filmed nearly two years earlier (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n A reverse image search<\/a> on Google using keyframes<\/a> from the falsely shared video led to the same\u00a0footage<\/a>\u00a0posted on Instagram on September 8, 2024 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n Its caption reads, “Sainj valley flood 09\/07\/2023”. The Sainj valley<\/a> is in Himachal Pradesh state’s Kullu district (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n AFP reported<\/span> in July 2023 that torrential downpours<\/a> washed away vehicles, demolished buildings and tore down bridges in Himachal Pradesh, the state worst affected by relentless monsoon rains at the time (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n