The image shows an incident in South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, when it was hit by deadly floods in November 2016 with local media reporting the death of several people.

By Ochaya Jackson

A photo shared on Facebook this afternoon by South Sudan TMZ, a Facebook and some personal profile claiming to show vehicles submerged in floodwater following today’s rain in Juba is false.

“Juba is booming walai after heavy rain poured this morning,” claims a Facebook user in a caption that followed the misleading image.

A Google reverse image search returns several results of when the image was previously used especially in stories related to South Africa.

The earliest version was when the photo was run with a story by Africa News about a flood on October 11th, 2016, in South Africa. The flood happened in Johannesburg, South Africa’s capital (Gauteng province).

The same photo also ran with a story on January 19th, 2019, about impacts of flood causes and prevention in South Africa.

The photo was used on January 10, 2022, by this website, in an article on the flood causes and prevention in South Africa.

Again City News ran the footage of the image on its YouTube channel on November 10th, 2016, regarding the flood in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Conclusion:

False. The image does not show vehicles submerged in floodwater following today’s rain in Juba. It shows an incident in South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, when it was hit by deadly floods in November 2016 with local media reporting the death of several people.

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