Video showing cloud burst in KP is generated by AI

Claim: The video shows the cloud burst from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's recent deadly flood.

fact: The video is probably generated.

Facebook users shared in the aftermath of recent deadly floods in the northwestern region of Pakistan video It claims to indicate a cloud burst occurring somewhere in Kyber Paktunka. Text embedded in video state [translated from Urdu]: “KPK's CloudBurst scene. This is how the flood happened [sad emoji]”.

Cloudburst is“Events via concentrated area of less than 30 square km, where rain falls at speeds of more than 100 mm per hour.” Guardian That's the Indian meteorologist who cited it.

recently, Cloudburst The prolonged rainfall has destroyed areas in South Asia, including Pakistan, causing flash floods and landslides.

Although cloudbursts have been reported in Pakistan, this article only fact-checks whether the video depicting this natural phenomenon in this claim is genuine.

Pakistan's floods and landslides

This year, flash floods and landslides following monsoon rain have devastated several districts of Pakistan, especially The North and Northwest.

The crowdburst of Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan in July 2025 caused flash floods and landslides, resulting in Road blockage and destruction of dozens of houses, agricultural crops, and properties in Gilgit and Gizars.

Punjab maintains high vigilance when it faces flood Risks from major rivers, namely Chenab, Rabbi, And Satoreji, After the massive rains swelled and India released water into Pakistan.

Since June 26, at least 819 people have been killed across Pakistan, with 1,111 more injured. According to The latest status report from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Crossing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the death toll rose to 479 deaths.

Banner district of Malakand, KP was hit hardest at least 237 reportedly died as of August 22nd. According to To the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Cooperation (OCHA).

According to dawn, Which of Citing the report on humanitarian organization Islamic Relief, 60% of their families lost their livelihoods due to flash floods. “The Islamic Relief Emergency Response Team is on the ground that distributes food and water, and the team's ratings found that 73% of the homes were destroyed or partially damaged. 60% of Buner and 53% of SWAT are unable to support their families. 80% of the farmland in the banner has been damaged. Nearly 50% of livestock animals have died and washed away,” the report added.

a BBC A team visiting the flood-affected areas saw the destruction scene on their way to “Pirbaba Bazaar of Banner”. There, “Crops lay on both sides of the road… the trees were uprooted and the vehicles were in abandoned.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state government has declared a state of emergency in the most affected districts. August.

Facts or fiction?

Socchi fact check The keyframe, which was searched in reverse from the video, found no evidence of the origin of the clip, raising suspicions that it could be fake. Next, analysis revealed that the footage was generated by AI.

A “Veo” watermark will be displayed in the bottom right corner of the footage from the complaint. This refers to the AI generation software By Google. this year, High-tech giant It was announced that it would be addition This watermark to the video generated by the software. The presence of this watermark clearly shows that the claims clips are not a genuine depiction of the cloudburst, as it is likely that VEO was used to create it.

There is a fake video carrying a Veo Watermark It was exposed by Socchi fact check In the past.

The video comes with a VEO watermark.

We'll get clues now Videos were analyzed using various AI video detection tools. It is one such tool Hive Moderation,it is”Whether the content is authentic or created by AI. ” This returned a 99.4% chance. This means that “overall, the video is likely to contain AI-generated or deep-faki content.”