{"id":72677,"date":"2020-08-10T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T09:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72677"},"modified":"2020-08-10T14:57:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T09:27:43","slug":"video-from-mexico-viral-as-cows-washed-away-in-floodwater-in-kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-mexico-viral-as-cows-washed-away-in-floodwater-in-kerala\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from Mexico viral as cattle washed away in floodwater in Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 7, the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for \u2018extremely heavy\u2019 rainfall in Kerala\u2019s Idukki, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, and Wayanad districts, as per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/natural-disasters\/kerala-rain-kerala-faces-floods-for-third-consecutive-year-72710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Down to Earth<\/a> report. In the backdrop of this, a video of cows being washed away in floodwaters is circulating on social media. The claim suggests the clip is from Wayanad. Alt News received several requests to fact-check this on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72679 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_30_53-React-App.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_30_53-React-App.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_30_53-React-App-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_30_53-React-App-768x661.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Facebook user posted the viral with the title, &#8216;<span class=\"oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j hop8lmos enqfppq2 e9vueds3 j5wam9gi knj5qynh m9osqain\" dir=\"auto\">Cattle washed away due to heavy rains in Kottayam, Kerala<\/span>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/munnarcottagesresorts\/videos\/349020773162172\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/munnarcottagesresorts\/videos\/349020773162172\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/munnarcottagesresorts\/videos\/349020773162172\/\">Kerala Flood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cattle washed away due to heavy rains in Kottayam, Kerala<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/munnarcottagesresorts\/\">Munnar Cottages Resorts<\/a> on Saturday, 8 August 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/munnarcottagesresorts\/videos\/349020773162172\/\" data-show-text=\"false\" data-width=\"\">\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found that the viral video was uploaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fqMPkNsanCM&amp;t=117s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atolo Kecil<\/a> last month. As per the description, the video shows c<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">ows swept away in floodwaters in Nayarit, Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fqMPkNsanCM&#038;t=117s<\/p>\n<p>Using this as a clue, we performed a keyword search in Spanish &#8216;Las vacas son arrastradas por el agua de la inundaci\u00f3n, Nayarit, M\u00e9xico&#8217; (translated from the text in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fqMPkNsanCM&amp;t=117s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atolo Kecil&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0video description<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"> and multiple news reports).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72681 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_43_11-Las-vacas-son-arrastradas-por-el-agua-de-la-inundaci\u00f3n-Nayarit-M\u00e9xico-Google.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1183\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_43_11-Las-vacas-son-arrastradas-por-el-agua-de-la-inundaci\u00f3n-Nayarit-M\u00e9xico-Google.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_43_11-Las-vacas-son-arrastradas-por-el-agua-de-la-inundaci\u00f3n-Nayarit-M\u00e9xico-Google-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_43_11-Las-vacas-son-arrastradas-por-el-agua-de-la-inundaci\u00f3n-Nayarit-M\u00e9xico-Google-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_43_11-Las-vacas-son-arrastradas-por-el-agua-de-la-inundaci\u00f3n-Nayarit-M\u00e9xico-Google-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-08-19_43_11-Las-vacas-son-arrastradas-por-el-agua-de-la-inundaci\u00f3n-Nayarit-M\u00e9xico-Google-990x597.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1183px) 100vw, 1183px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An article on Spanish website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lateja.cr\/farandula\/video-se-fueron-pollos-con-vacas-telenoticias\/LM3J4MZNRJFWNGHOGBXYSUZ3PM\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Teja<\/a> article carried a YouTube video by Imagen Televisi\u00f3n, a Mexican national news channel which broadcast the video on July 28. The description stated that the incident occurred in Zacualpan, Nayarit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Desborde del r\u00edo Zacualpan en Nayarit arrastra ganado | De Pisa y Corre\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xl2ntLGkOQo?start=16&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"goog-text-highlight\">Uno TV<\/span><span class=\"goog-text-highlight\"> a, Mexico-based content generator also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unotv.com\/estados\/nayarit\/hanna-en-mexico-inundacion-en-nayarit-arrastra-a-vacas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> on the incident. As per the report, the video shows cattle washed away in El Conchal river. The report includes a tweet by Brasil-based Conex\u00e3o GeoClima which uploaded a video of the same incident from a different angle.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">MUNDO &#8211; Vacas s\u00e3o arrastadas pela enxurrada ap\u00f3s alto volume de chuva provocado pelo furac\u00e3o <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hanna?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hanna<\/a> em Compostela, Nayarit, no M\u00e9xico. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 Las Varas Nayarit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CC9jKCb0fF\">pic.twitter.com\/CC9jKCb0fF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conex\u00e3o GeoClima (@ConexaoGeoClima) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConexaoGeoClima\/status\/1287877958183485441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thus, a video from Mexico was shared as cows washed away in floodwaters in Wayanad, Kerala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 7, the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for \u2018extremely heavy\u2019 rainfall in Kerala\u2019s Idukki, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, and Wayanad districts, as per a Down to Earth report. In the backdrop of this, a video of cows being washed away in floodwaters is circulating on social media. 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