This viral video showing flooding in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, is AI-generated
In August 2025, heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding in Rajasthan, especially in Sawai Madhopur, where the Surwal Dam overflowed, creating a 2-km-long crater and submerging villages like Surwal, Dhanoli, and Gogor. Over 100 people were evacuated, at least 13 died, and roads and crops were destroyed. Rescue operations by the Army, NDRF, and SDRF are ongoing, while authorities continue relief efforts amid warnings of more rain (here, here, and here).
Amidst this, a video showing roads submerged, with cattle and household items floating, is being shared on social media (here, here, and here), claiming to depict flooding in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. Let’s verify the claim made in the post in this article.
Claim: The video depicts flooding in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.
Fact: The viral video does not show real flooding in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. It is generated using artificial intelligence and contains multiple visual inconsistencies. Google’s ‘SynthID’ tool confirmed the video is AI-generated. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Upon closer observation, the viral video shows inconsistencies such as the shapes of sheep and goats, unnatural water and tree movements, two-headed goats, and objects floating in exactly the same way, which is unnatural.
Suspecting the video might be AI-generated, we used Google’s ‘SynthID’ tool — a platform designed to detect content created by its AI models. The tool confirmed that the video was indeed generated using Google AI.
Several media outlets have reported the real visuals of flooding and waterlogging in Sawai Madhopur, which can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum up, this viral video showing flooding in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, is AI-generated.