Fact Check: Video of flood water in New York pouring onto running train underground is not recent

Hyderabad: A video of water gushing out from the ceiling of an underground metro onto the top of a running train is viral on social media, with users suggesting it shows recent visuals from the flooding in New York City, United States.

A Facebook user shared the video with the caption, “More footage from the New York City flooding. Does anyone know what caused this? (sic)”

Several X users have shared the video suggesting the same. Click here, here and here to view the posts.

Fact Check

NewsMeter found that the video is indeed from New York but dates back to 2021.

On performing a reverse image search of the video’s keyframe, we found that it was posted by the verified X handle of ABC News on September 2, 2021.

“Water cascades onto a New York City subway train as remnants of Hurricane Ida bring flooding rain to the Northeast,” read the caption.

We also found the video carried in a report by USA Today from September 2, 2021, titled “Videos show historic flooding in New York after Ida blasts the Northeast.” It said unprecedented flooding hit New York as Hurricane Ida made its way to the northeast.

The report said that the flood water entered the subway stations and brought the traffic to a standstill. Around seven people died, and the National Weather Service declared a flash flooding emergency.

Hence, we conclude that the viral video does not show the visual of recent flooding in New York.