{"id":1454785,"date":"2022-04-26T21:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T01:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454785"},"modified":"2022-04-26T21:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T01:44:40","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-recent-flood-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-recent-flood-in-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Recent Flood In South Sudan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-a-recent-flood-in-south-sudan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SouthsudaneseTMZ\/photos\/a.884572834935365\/5393311970728073\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a recent flood in Juba, South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image, taken in 2016, shows a flood that occurred in South Africa following heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Sudan is currently experiencing its worst floods on record, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/03\/1114992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.N<\/a>. Record rainfalls and overflowing rivers have flooded thousands of hectares of farmland and caused the deaths of some 800,000 livestock, the organization reports.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook April 21 claims to show a scene from the disaster-struck country. It shows dozens of vehicles partially submerged in muddy water. \u201cJuba, South Sudan today\u2019s rain,\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>The photo is not from South Sudan. A reverse image search revealed the picture was taken in November 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was first shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EMER_G_MED\/status\/796411034437386241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> by Emer-G-Med, a South African emergency medical service, along with a caption about injuries and fatalities that occurred during flooding in the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/N3LinksfieldFlooding?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#N3LinksfieldFlooding<\/a>: One person is confirmed to have died. Multiple others sustained minor injuries, one being transported to hospital. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bnxh41g0TI\">pic.twitter.com\/Bnxh41g0TI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EMER-G-MED (EMS) (@EMER_G_MED) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EMER_G_MED\/status\/796411034437386241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The image also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofJoburgZA\/status\/796442407671889929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeared<\/a> on the City of Johannesburg\u2019s verified Twitter account with a caption that reads, \u201cN3 Buccleuch interchange is flooded in both directions at Linksfield Rd.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/15\/fact-check-roads-congo-ugandan-intervention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Do These Pictures Show Roads In The Congo Before And After Ugandan Intervention?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parts of the Gauteng province were hit with severe thunderstorms that produced heavy rain in November 2016, according to South African news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/wheels\/news\/guides_and_lists\/caught-in-heavy-jozi-rain-heres-what-motorists-should-do-20161109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News 24<\/a>. Several roadways were flooded, prompting hundreds of rescues and the deaths of at least six people, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2016\/11\/10\/south-africa-flash-floods-kill-six-people-in-johannesburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures depicting the recent flooding in South Sudan can be seen in a March 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/en-us\/news\/stories\/2022\/3\/6242bef84\/south-sudanese-battle-record-floods-amid-rapidly-changing-climate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/picture-shows-a-refugee-camp-which-was-inundated-by-floods-news-photo\/1235285681?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photos<\/a> of the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/south-sudanese-refugee-walks-past-a-destroyed-hut-at-a-news-photo\/1235286638?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">floods<\/a> can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/south-sudanese-refugees-try-to-repair-their-hut-in-flooded-news-photo\/1235285363?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/south-sudanese-refugees-walk-in-flooded-waters-from-the-news-photo\/1235285111?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Images<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a recent flood in Juba, South Sudan.Verdict: False The image, taken in 2016, shows a flood that occurred in South Africa following heavy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1480610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1454785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}