Tremendous Storm Ragasa swept throughout the Philippines, Taiwan and southern China in September 2025, bringing fierce winds and pounding rain, however footage of individuals struggling towards gale on a practice platform doesn’t present the latest storm. The video in truth depicts a sudden wind storm that hit a railway station in southern China’s Shanwei metropolis in April 2024.
“Rattling, Tremendous Storm Ragasa is 230 km/hour, that is actually quick,” says an Indonesian-language TikTok submit on September 24, 2025.
The video of individuals clinging to a pillar as a strong burst of wind blows onto a practice station platform was seen greater than 23,000 instances.
Screenshot of false TikTok submit taken September 24, 2025, with pink cross mark added by AFP
Comparable posts linking the video to Storm Ragasa circulated throughout social media posts in varied languages, together with Chinese language, English, Polish, Malay and Thai.
The storm, branded the 12 months’s strongest but by climate authorities in Hong Kong, additionally hit the Philippines, Taiwan and Macau earlier than crashing by way of southern China with winds as much as 145 kilometres per hour (90 miles per hour) (archived hyperlink).
It ripped down timber, destroyed fences and blasted indicators off buildings in Guangdong province, dwelling to tens of hundreds of thousands of individuals.
Ragasa’s passage in Taiwan killed at the very least 14 and injured dozens extra when a barrier lake burst in japanese Hualien county, in line with officers.
In monetary hub Hong Kong, the storm triggered flooding, uprooted timber and grounded lots of of passenger flights.
Nonetheless, the circulating clip is outdated.
Reverse picture searches on Google discovered screenshots from the video printed in Taiwanese media stories a couple of robust storm that hit Shanwei railway station in Guangdong on April 27, 2024 (archived right here and right here).
The clip was additionally shared on Weibo on April 29, 2024 (archived hyperlink). An indication studying “Shanwei Railway Station” in each simplified Chinese language and English could be seen firstly of the clip.
Screenshot comparability of the falsely shared video (L) and a corresponding screenshot from an outdated Taiwanese media report
The video corresponds to a geotagged photograph of the station on Google Maps (archived hyperlink).
Screenshot comparability of the false submit (L) and an image from Google Maps
The Chinese language state-affiliated on-line information portal for Nanfang Every day printed a report on September 23, 2025 debunking the declare the video was taken throughout Storm Ragasa (archived hyperlink).
The report states Shanwei authorities stated the climate was secure on the station that day.
