The video shows a truck swept away by strong currents in India, not floods in Thailand in 2024

The same video was shared on TikTok here and here with a similar false claim; and Facebook here.

The posts were shared online after northern Thailand was hit hard by flash floods when Typhoon Yagi swept across Southeast Asia in early September, killing more than 700 people (archived link).

Northern Thailand was badly affected, with a district in Chiang Rai on the border with Myanmar reporting the worst flooding in 80 years (archived link).

However, the video was shot in North India in July 2024.

Flood in India

A reverse image search on Google using one of the video's keyframes found an article published in the Hindi-language newspaper Amar Ujala on July 31, 2024 (archived link).

According to the Hindi-language report, a truck was swept away by a strong current following a downpour in the northern Indian city of Haridwar. There was no one in the vehicle at the time of the incident, they said.

The article also included the same clip shared on the newspaper's X account (archived link).

In the clip, local passers-by can be seen on the right side of the footage, and ten seconds into the video, a person can be heard saying the name of a Hindu god.

Below is a screenshot comparison between the clip in the fake post (left) and the clip shared on Amar Ujala's X account (right):

When zooming in on the clip, AFP found the words “All India Permit” written on the front of the truck – a reference to a mandatory license for commercial vehicles transporting goods in the South Asian country.

Below is a screenshot of the clip with the words highlighted by AFP:

Local media, including Navbharat Times and India TV, shared the clip in their reports on the same incident (archived links here and here).

According to local media, significant flooding occurred in Haridwar, a pilgrimage destination in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, after days of continuous rain in late July 2024 (archived link).

AFP reported that the monsoon rains caused flash floods across Uttarakhand, killing 13 people (archived link).

AFP has debunked misinformation surrounding the September 2024 Thailand floods here, here and here.