Cyclone Arnab made landfall on the morning of October 28 along the Andhra Pradesh coast. According to reports, two people in the state have been killed in separate electrocution incidents in its wake.

The cyclone has also reportedly uprooted trees, damaged roads, and disrupted air travel in Andhra Pradesh. It has also impacted parts of Odisha and Tamil Nadu.As with any natural disaster, social media soon filled with videos and photos unrelated to the cyclone.

In this story, we shall debunk three such visuals.ACTUALLY FROM BIHARFilmed from a terrace, this video shows powerful winds whipping trees and tearing loose roof sheets. Social media users and news outlets like ABP News Gujarati and Times Now shared the video and claimed it showed Cyclone Arnab.

India Today Fact Check found that the video is nearly a month old and from Vaishali, Bihar. A reverse search led us to the same clip shared by the Weather Monitor X account on September 27.

The caption said the video was from Mahisaur village in Bihar’s Vaishali district.Crazy footage of a destructive tornado passing through Mahisaur village in Jandaha, Vaishali district, Bihar, India.(26, 09, 2026) Received this video from Vishal. https://t.co/z68INMP1cZ— Weather Monitor (@WeatherMonitors) September 27, 2026Meteored UK and Digital Bihar Live also featured in their reports around the same time. News18 reported that a storm struck Vaishali on September 26.OLD CLIP FROM ODISHA Filmed from a roadside shop, this video shows very strong winds wrecking parts of the establishment.

This too went viral as visuals of Cyclone Arnab.This video is months old and actually shows a sudden tornado in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. A Google Lens search led us to a clip shared by the Instagram account Rajouri News on March 16.

The caption said it was from Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.A keyword search then led us to reports by Hindustan Times and The Times of India, dated March 15, according to which, a nor’wester-triggered tornado hit four villages in Mayurbhanj’s Karanjia block, killing two people and injuring 29. More than 100 houses were reportedly damaged.NOT FROM INDIAThis clip shows heavy rain and winds almost bending trees.

This was also shared in the context of Cyclone Arnab.Newsweek and the New York Post shared this video on July 6 and noted it showed the impact of Super Typhoon Bavi, which caused major damage across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as it tore through the western Pacific. Typhoon Bavi reportedly caused at least 23 deaths, all in the Philippines.

Other affected territories, including Taiwan, Japan, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and China, reported hundreds of injuries and massive structural damage or displacement.OLD VIDEOFilmed from inside an establishment, this video shows heavy rain and strong winds battering trees outside, while another person holds up a phone to record the scene. The post was captioned: “Finally Arnab Cyclone landfall.”We found an earlier version of the clip shared on Instagram by a user named Pravakar Samanta dated May 29.

This proved that it predated Cyclone Arnab.While we could not independently verify where this video was shot, it’s more than clear that it has nothing to do with Cyclone Arnab.- Ends