Have you seen a video purporting to show New Yorkers at a grocery store that was flooded on Friday? The video is actually from New Zealand.
, where it’s identified as flooding at a Pak N Save grocery store in the Wairau Valley of New Zealand. At least three people died in the flooding near Auckland earlier this year.
And while this video is being misrepresented, the flooding in New York has indeed been terrible. An incredible 8.67 inches of rain fell at JFK International Airport and 5.86 inches fell in Central Park, according to. Authentic videos depicting the flooding have gone viral, including many from the subway system, even though this one is actually from New Zealand.
The X News Monitor account appears to aggregate videos from around the internet and has a blue check mark, a symbol that used to mean a given user on Twitter had their identity verified. But when Elon Musk bought the site he got rid of the old verification program, allowing anyone with $8 to buy a check mark.
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