<span>Screenshot of the false Douyin post taken on August 12 with a red X added by AFP</span>

    Old storm video misrepresented as Typhoon Dolphin slamming into China

    Typhoon Dolphin triggered a top-level alert in China in August 2026, prompting hundreds of flight cancellations and over a million evacuations, but circulating footage of strong winds knocking down a billboard is old. It was filmed in Fujian and circulated in July 2018 posts about Typhoon Maria slamming the southeastern province. “Typhoon Dolphin is pretty fierce,”…

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