Old aerial photos wrongly linked to August 2024 floods in Thailand
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When Thailand was hit by devastating floods in August 2024, old photos circulated in Facebook posts misleadingly linking them to the disaster. While one of the photos actually showed buildings submerged after a dike collapsed in Thailand’s Sukhothai province, other images in the posts were taken in 2011 and 2023.
“There were floods in Myanmar and now in Thailand,” said a Myanmar resident Facebook post who shared the photos on August 28, 2024.
“28.8.2024 The dam burst in Sukhothai, Thailand caused severe flooding and a red warning has been issued. Use caution.”
The post, shared on a Facebook page with 35,000 followers, shows three photos of cities under water.