No, This Viral Video Doesn't Show Cyclone Tauktae Striking Mumbai's Trident Hotel
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The video resurfaced on social media yesterday with captions attributing the damage to Cyclone Tauktae.
A video of a slab of concrete falling on parked cars is being widely circulated on social media as surveillance footage from Mumbai's Trident Hotel - but a simple reverse image search reveals otherwise. The video, which shows huge chunks of building material falling on parked cars and smashing their roofs, resurfaced on social media yesterday with captions attributing the damage to Cyclone Tauktae. Trident hotel Nariman point#Maharashtra#heavywinds#storm#mumbai#NaviMumbai#accident#damage#weatherpic.twitter.com/XADUzgcf8r With the wind speed of 70 to 90 kilometre per hour this is what happened outside hotel Trident Nariman point Mumbai pic.twitter.com/7EdyCnY5e1 #FactCheck : No incident of tree/structure fall on vehicles is reported near #Trident hotel in #Mumbai. Video circulating on social media is false. Our correspondent reports that, incident was reported at some other place. @MumbaiPolice@mybmc#cyclonetaukate@AUThackeraypic.twitter.com/Jg52IuD0Aj Cyclone Tauktae, intensifying into an "extremely severe cyclonic storm", swept the coastal regions of Maharashtra on Monday. State capital Mumbai witnessed heavy showers and strong winds throughout the day. In the midst of this, several videos that purportedly shows the destruction caused by the cyclone emerged on social media - and at least one of them has nothing to do with Mumbai. The video of alleged damage to Trident Hotel has been widely shared over messaging platforms and on social media platforms like Twitter, where many users said it was filmed at the South Bombay hotel. Take a look at the footage:
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