No, the flood devastation video is old and from Japan, not Libya

At least 11,000 people are dead and more than 10 thousand are missing due to devastating floods in Libya according to the media reports.

several social media users have shared the videos and images on social media claiming that the visuals are from the devastating floods in Libya.

A Facebook user has shared a video showing several buildings, roads, and other structures washed away due to the floods.

The video is captioned ‘Another footage from Libya. Heartbreaking Tropical Storm Daniel exploded in North Africa_ causing flooding and havoc in Libya. Cities Disappeared, Thousand Death! Storm Daniel Destroys Libya!’.

Several other users have also shared the video claiming the same. Posts can be seen here, here and here.

Fact Check

NewsMeter found the video old and unrelated to the Libya floods.

We conducted a reverse image search on one of the keyframes and found several links carrying the same video.

In a CNN show, we found the same video captioning ‘At least two people are presumed dead and 20 people are still missing, after a giant mudslide swept away homes in the city of Atami, in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture’.

Another link carrying the viral video led us to a report published by Life dated July 4, 2021, stating that ‘Huge landslides have destroyed dozens of houses in Japan. Since early Saturday, July 3, heavy rain has lashed parts of the country's Pacific coast. Two people died and about twenty more are missing.’

Similarly, The Japan Times has also published a report carrying a screenshot of the same video clarifying that the video is from Japan. The report was published on July 12, 2021.

‘Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga surveys the mudslide-hit city of Atami’. The caption of the image reads.

NewsMeter investigation revealed that the viral video is old and from Japan, not Libya.