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☆ Fact Check-Video of tornado and car hit by winds predates Hurricane Idalia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video that includes two old clips of devastation caused by violent winds predates Hurricane Idalia that made landfall on Florida’s coast on Aug. 30, 2023. “Category 4 Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida bringing waves 12ft, tornado #CAT 4 hope it passes quickly” read a post sharing the compilation on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here). A screenshot from the video of a tornado was also shared on Facebook with the same caption (here). “Idalia, though being termed as a Category 4 hurricane, is actually no less than a Category 5 hurricane” read another post sharing the videos on Facebook (here). Videos of a tornado levelling houses and a car being blown away predate Hurricane Idalia.

Persons: ”, “, Taylor Trian, Idalia, Read Organizations: Facebook, Mississippi, Reuters, Hurricane Locations: Florida, Kansas, Andover , Kansas, Taiwan, Texas, Georgia

☆ Ukraine hit a Russian warship in an audacious attack involving sea drones, videos show
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said it hit a Russian warship in the Back Sea in an attack that involved sea drones. Dashcam footage posted by a Ukrainian official shows a sea drone slamming into the side of the ship. A Ukrainian source told CNN a sea drone with 450 kilograms of TNT had attacked a Russian ship that had around 100 servicemen aboard. Earlier this week, Russia's Ministry of Defense said it foiled another drone attack that was targeting patrol boats southwest of Sevastopol, according to AFP. Last week, Ukraine showed off its new sea drone for the first time, which packs hundreds of pounds of explosives and is faster than anything in the Black Sea, CNN reported.

Persons: Anton Gerashchenko, Gornyak, Veniamin Kondratiev Organizations: Service, CNN, TNT, Armed Forces of, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Ministry of Defense, AFP, Ukrainian, Internal Affairs of, Security Service, Reuters, Russia's Ministry of Defense Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Novorossiysk, Ukrainian, Crimea, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Krasnodar, Sevastopol

☆ Russia claimed to have defeated a Ukrainian sea drone attack, only to be instantly humiliated by a video showing it didn't
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia said Friday that it thwarted a Ukrainian sea drone attack on one of its warships. But videos released shortly after by Ukrainian officials proved otherwise. One video shows a sea drone smashing into the side of the warship, partially damaging it. Another Ukrainian told CNN on Friday that the attack was carried out by a drone with around 450 kilograms of TNT. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the attack, which is in keeping with their security policy.

Persons: Anton Gerashchenko, Stephen Wright, Wright, Gornyak, Veniamin Kondratiev Organizations: Service, Russian Ministry of Defense, Armed Forces of, Russian Armed Forces, LBC, Ukrainian, Internal Affairs of Ukraine, CNN, TNT, Security Service, Reuters Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Novorossiysk, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, Krasnodar

☆ Ukraine just proved its sea drones are a huge threat to Russia's navy. An expert says this may only be the start.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine attacked a Russian warship using a sea drone on Friday, according to videos. It's unknown what type of sea drone Ukraine used to attack the Russian ship. Last week, Ukraine showed off its new sea drone for the first time, which packs hundreds of pounds of explosives, CNN reported. "These are faster than anything else in the Black Sea," he told CNN. A Ukranian sea drone was also used last month to successfully damage the Kerch Bridge, according to CNN.

Persons: Stephen Wright, Anton Gerashchenko, Wright, " Wright Organizations: Service, TNT, CNN, Internal Affairs of, Sevastopol Naval Base Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Novorossiysk, Ukrainian, Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Russia, Sevastopol, Kerch, Crimea, Moscow

☆ Soaring temperatures to record rainfall: flooding ravages East Asia as climate crisis takes hold
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Record temperatures also led to a rise in heat-related illnesses, particularly among vulnerable communities such as the elderly. In response to the loss of life, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called for an overhaul of the country’s approach to extreme weather. “This kind of extreme weather event will become commonplace — we must accept climate change is happening, and deal with it,” Yoon said Monday. A vulnerable regionScientists have warned the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events will continue to increase as the human-caused climate crisis accelerates. “Floods, droughts and other devastating climate events are “all showing us very clearly what will the future be,” she added.

Persons: Yoon Suk, ” Yoon, ”, John Kerry, Reuters Heatwaves, Shehbaz Sharif, Manish Swarup, —, “, Sunita Narain Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, Japan’s Meteorological Agency, Reuters, World Meteorological Organization, ”, United Nations General Assembly, Disaster, World Bank, Centre for Science Locations: Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, India, South Korean, Cheongju, Philippines, Cambodia, Manila, Phnom Penh, Delhi, Beijing, Washington, Chongqing, Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, Kyoto, Tokyo, Hatoyama, Saitama Prefecture, Asia, Pakistan, New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, “

SEOUL/CHEONGJU, South Korea, July 16 (Reuters) - The bodies of eight people trapped in a tunnel flooded by heavy rain in central South Korea were retrieved on Sunday, authorities said, with the death toll from days of torrential downpours that have pounded the country rising to 37. Kong Seong-pyo, a 60-year-old Cheongju resident who frequently uses the underpass, said the government should have restricted access to the tunnel when flooding was expected. The Ministry of Interior and Safety said nine people were missing across the country as of 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) as heavy downpours caused landslides and floods, with evacuation orders covering 8,852 people. [1/9]Rescue workers are seen near a recovered electric bus during a search and rescue operation near an underpass that has been submerged by a flooded river caused by torrential rain in Cheongju, South Korea, July 16, 2023. While South Korea often experiences heavy rains in summer, it has witnessed a sharp increase in torrential rains in recent years.

Persons: Seo Jeong, Seo, Kong, Kim Hong, Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon, Han Duck, Gyun Kim, Daewoung Kim, Hongji Kim, Cheongju, hyang Choi, Diane Craft, Michael Perry, Jamie Freed, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: MBC, Reuters, The, of Interior, Safety, REUTERS, Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea Railroad Corp, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, CHEONGJU, South Korea, Cheongju, Seoul, Gangnam, Chungcheong

CNN —Rescue workers pulled seven bodies from vehicles trapped in a flooded underpass in central South Korea, authorities said Sunday, after days of torrential rain caused landslides and flash floods that have killed at least 33 people. The rescue operation was ongoing Sunday morning, with 10 people reported missing while authorities worked to identify the bodies, according to South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The search and rescue operation at the underpass continued on Sunday, in Cheongju, South Korea, on July 16. Dozens of people have died in South Korea in recent days as torrential monsoon rains triggered flooding and landslides across the country. The latest round of heavy rains in South Korea come just days after devastating floods wreaked havoc in neighboring Japan, killing at least six people and injuring 19.

Persons: Seo Jeong, il, Seo, Kim Hong, ”, Han Duck Organizations: CNN — Rescue, South Korean Ministry of, Safety, Rescue, Ministry of, Yonhap News Agency, Korean, South Korean Locations: South Korea, North Chungcheong, Cheongju, East Asia, Japan, China, Chongqing

☆ Fact Check-Night video of Zebra and Lions on streets predates 2023 France riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A video compilation claiming to show zoo animals roaming Paris streets is made up of clips that are not recent and is unrelated to the ongoing riots in France in June and July 2023. Social media users shared a compiled video of unrelated footage showing animals roaming city streets at night, with the caption: “It is being reported that in the French riots, numerous zoo animals have been released in France” on Facebook (here) and Twitter (here). However, the videos predate riots in France over the police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent on June 27 (here). The clip of a sprinting zebra shot from the dashcam of a vehicle could be traced to a tweet published on April 11, 2020 (here). There is no evidence that animals have been released from Paris zoos amid riots in the city in 2023.

Persons: Le Parisien, Saint Denis, Mathieu Descombes, ”, Read Organizations: Paris Zoological, des, Social, Facebook, Twitter, Chennevières, Parc Zoologique de, ” Reuters, Reuters Locations: Paris, France, de, Algerian, Saint Denis, Parc Zoologique de Paris, Ile

☆ Dashcam footage shows the terrifying moment part of a missile narrowly misses a moving car in Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Dashcam footage obtained by Reuters shows a missile narrowly missing a car in Kyiv on Monday. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyDashcam footage shows the moment part of a missile narrowly missed a moving car in Kyiv, Ukraine. The timestamp in the dashcam footage, first obtained by Reuters, reveals that the debris hit the busy road at 11:22 am on Monday. The almost 10-second clip shows a long missile colliding with a line attached to traffic lights over a busy, multi-lane road. Kyiv has continued to be the subject of Russian missile attacks in recent weeks.

Persons: — Organizations: Reuters, Service, BBC Locations: Kyiv, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Dniprovskyi

☆ Opinion | There’s No Escape From Wildfire Smoke
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This season so far, the total is already more than 1.5 million — which would make it the province’s third-worst annual result, just a few weeks into May, with months more of wildfire season still to burn. In the United States, by contrast, those who live in fear of wildfire are probably breathing a bit easier. Last year was a relatively light one, with fewer than eight million acres burning across the country — close to the two-decade average and well below the damage of several especially scarring recent seasons. But a new lesson from the evolving science of wildfire is about how far its toxic smoke spreads and how widely its noxious impacts are distributed. In fact, according to one not-yet-published study led by Stanford researchers exploring the distribution of wildfire smoke, an estimated 60 percent of the smoke impact of American wildfire is experienced by those living outside the states where the trees are in flames.

☆ Allen, Texas, Mall Shooter Had Eight Weapons, All Legally Obtained, Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Dashcam footage circulating online appears to show the moment an alleged gunman exits his car and opens fire on a crowd of people outside a Texas mall. Image: StoryfulAuthorities said Tuesday that the gunman they said was responsible for killing eight people at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, legally obtained the weapons he used and had neo-Nazi ideation, but said they don’t believe he targeted a specific group of people. Hank Sibley , North Texas regional director for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said it appeared to him that Mauricio Garcia targeted the Allen Premium Outlets as a location and not anyone specifically. Among the dead were women, men and children, some of them of Asian descent. Seven people were wounded in the shooting.

Dashcam footage circulating online appears to show the moment an alleged gunman exits his car and opens fire on a crowd of people outside a Texas mall. Screengrab: StoryfulThe gunman authorities said was responsible for the deaths of eight in Allen, Texas, was terminated by the Army for mental-health reasons three months after he enlisted in 2008, and recent social-media postings officials are examining show links to white-supremacist views. Mauricio Garcia, 33 years old, was shot dead by a police officer after opening fire at Allen Premium Outlets, authorities said. He used an AR-15-style rifle in the attack and multiple other firearms were found at the scene, according to the officials.

☆ Go check out these video clips of driverless cars blocking buses and trains in San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dashcam footage obtained by WIRED shows driverless cars in San Francisco blocking buses and trains. In one video, a light-rail train carrying San Francisco Giants fans hit its brakes before almost colliding with a driverless car operated by GM's Cruise. It reportedly took seven minutes for the driverless car to be taken off the track. Another video obtained by Wired shows an eastbound 54 bus being blocked by a driverless car from Alphabet's Waymo. To see the footage and read more about the presence of driverless cars in San Francisco, check out the Wired report here.

☆ Fact Check-Star Wars promotional video shared online as footage of a downed UFO
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A Star Wars promotional video created in 2014 by the German media company Sky Deutschland is being shared online with the false claim that it shows a downed UFO in Alaska in February 2023. Later in the clip, individuals dressed as stormtroopers, soldiers in the U.S. film franchise Star Wars, can be seen as the car heads towards the remains of the aircraft. A reverse image search of the video led to an article by CNET about this video published in 2014 (here). The YouTube title similarly links the clip to the Star Wars franchise. The clip shows a Star Wars-themed promotional video created in 2014.

☆ Fact Check-Dashcam footage showing car lifted in harsh winds predates 2023 Texas storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip of dashcam footage showing a car being lifted during an extreme weather event was not filmed during a storm that hit Texas in January 2023. The dashcam video shows a white car driving during a storm before being lifted and flung with other debris during harsh winds. The video was shared after a twister touched down in Pasadena, Texas, on Jan 24, damaging homes, buildings and power lines (here). Examples of the clip erroneously shared on social media falsely linking it to the Texas storm can be viewed (here), (bit.ly/3wyfvoI). The footage was included in media reports of a 2015 typhoon in Taiwan.

☆ Videos show a green meteor lighting up the sky and waking people up with a sonic boom over Oklahoma
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Multiple videos show a large green meteor in Oklahoma skies early Friday morning. Some residents also reported a loud sonic boom shortly after seeing the meteor. According to 2 News Oklahoma, dozens of residents called in after seeing the meteor. Fox 23 also shared multiple videos of the meteor, reporting that some residents felt their house shake. KJRH Chief Meteorologist Mike Collier posted more videos on Twitter of the meteor, which includes a rumbling sonic boom from one home security camera.

☆ Mercedes will unlock your $100,000 electric car's full power — for an extra $1,200 per year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mercedes-Benz will offer a $1,200-per-year "acceleration Increase" feature for some electric cars. Customers who pay the fee will unlock between 20% and 24% more power output from their electric Mercedes. The upgrade will also boost torque and shave up to one second off of a vehicle's zero-to-60-mph time, Mercedes says. Three-quarters of consumers aren't willing to pay a subscription fee for most car features, according to an April survey from Cox Automotive. Have a story about car subscription features that you'd like to share?

Hivemapper Inc, which announced $18 million in fundraising from investors in April, said it has so far sold over 5,500 dashcams across 66 countries. As drivers record road signs and storefronts, they mint tokens that Hivemapper named Honey. Hivemapper Chief Executive Ariel Seidman said U.S. regulations limit him from discussing how and when Honey can be spent. While some investors such as Hivemapper backer Multicoin Capital are bullish on Web3 efforts, skeptics worry about currency speculation and fraud. Mapmaker HERE, owned in part by German automakers, is evaluating Hivemapper's imagery for potential use, including for up-to-date speed limit data.

The former Michigan police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids in April will stand trial for the killing, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Nicholas Ayoub said enough evidence was presented in a preliminary hearing to require a jury to decide whether Christopher Schurr was justified in shooting Lyoya. These are questions of fact that the jury must decide based on the totality of the circumstances as presented by the evidence at trial,” Ayoub said in court order. The officer ended up restraining Lyoya with his knee to his back and ultimately shot him as he was facedown on the ground. Patrick Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed on April 4, after what police said was a traffic stop.

☆ Fact Check-Video does not capture Oct. 8 explosion on bridge linking Russia to Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video that has been online since at least May 2022 has been miscaptioned with a false claim on social media that it depicts the moment of an Oct. 8 blast on the Kerch Strait bridge, the only bridge that links Russia and the Crimean peninsula. On Oct. 8, Twitter users shared a clip, a dashcam video showing what appears to be an explosion disrupting a driver’s journey across an unidentified bridge (here) (here). It can be found in a tweet dated May 9, 2022, when it was posted with a caption in Ukrainian (here). A powerful blast damaged the Kerch Strait bridge in the early hours of Saturday, hitting a crucial route for the supply of fuel, food and other products to the Russian-annexed Crimea (here). Images showed the explosion blew away half of a section of the bridge’s roadway, with the other half still attached.

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