Fact Check: Old video of waves engulfing bridge passed off Cyclone Yaas striking Odisha

A viral video on social media claims to show how sea waves engulfed a bridge near Baleshwar in Odisha during Cyclone Yaas. India Today's AFWA finds the truth.

As severe cyclonic storm Yaas struck West Bengal and Odisha yesterday, a video of sea waves engulfing a bridge went viral on social media. It is being claimed that the visuals are from a place near Baleshwar in Odisha. God save odishi & bengali from the #YaasCyclone.pray for them pic.twitter.com/RgZ9xHDjjE Sharing the video, a Twitter user wrote, “Visuals from near Baleshwar Odisha. #Yaas #yaascycloneupdate #CycloneYaas #Yaas #YaasCyclone #CycloneYaas #CycloneYaasUpdates”. Another similar tweet can be seen below.