A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) allegedly shows students at Sathyabama University, Chennai, walking on waterlogged roads due to floods in October 2024. The post claims that students at the university are suffering because of the flooding. The post is being shared in the context of the recent October 2024 floods in Chennai. Let’s verify the truth behind this video in this article.
Claim: A video shows students walking on flooded roads at Sathyabama University in Chennai following the October 2024 floods.
Fact: The video is from December 2023 and was shared on Instagram on 5 December 2023. It was posted after Cyclone Michaung affected Tamil Nadu in December 2023. This video is not related to the recent floods in Chennai. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
A reverse image search of the keyframes from the viral video led us to a similar Instagram video from the same location, uploaded on 05 December 2023. The post is shared following Cyclone Michaung’s impact on Tamil Nadu in December 2023.
Upon comparing the two videos, we observed several similarities in the location, which can be seen below.
We confirmed that the location in the 2023 Instagram video was Sathyabama University, Chennai. We verified this by matching the location using Google Maps Street View.
To sum up, an old December 2023 video of students walking on flooded roads at Sathyabama University, Chennai, is being shared as related to the October 2024 floods in Chennai.
