Claim: Video of Hurricane Shaheen on the shores of Oman photographed from Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Fact-check: Digital Art from 2019 is being falsely shared as a video of Cyclone Shaheen - FACTLY
Verdict: the video is a digital art creation by an artist named brent shavnore. in 2019, the same video went viral with the claim that it was of hurricane dorian; shavnore confirmed then to ap that it was his creation. shaheen was a tropical cyclone which made landfall over the northern oman coast on 03 october 2021. the cyclone had brought heavy rains and winds of up to 150km/h, killing at least 13 people after it had affected parts of oman and iran. hence, the claim made in the post is false
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2021-10-26T12:52:49