
Media Claim: A message widely shared on social media claims of the A view of Hurricane Dorian from the coasts of Florida has been shared more than 97 thousand.
Facts Check: False, it is just composite image
Viral News on Social media:
A view of Hurricane Dorian from the coasts of Florida.
A view of Hurricane Dorian 🌪 from the coasts of Florida. pic.twitter.com/1CgHofJ2LG
— Physics-astronomy.org (@OrgPhysics) September 6, 2019
Cumulonimbus clouds above Miami
Cumulonimbus clouds above Miami ☁️ pic.twitter.com/04Uqlpmn05
— Science And Nature (@InterestingSci1) July 6, 2019
Facts Check Analysis: The video shared on the social media with title, “Hurricane Dorian from the coasts of Florida” is not true.
Apart from this, there are lots of other videos with the same information and video widely shared on social media, shared across different times.
And the one viral on the social media here on Instagram post, uploaded on May, 2018.
Hence the video viral on social media is actually composite image. That is, it is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene.