Brazil street scene misused as typhoon ‘Tino’ deaths
- FactRakers
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A photo showing covered bodies lined up on a narrow street in Brazil has been misrepresented as evidence of the death toll caused by typhoon “Tino” (Kalmaegi).
Facebook user Mga ka Bossing posted on Nov. 6 the photo taken during an Oct. 29 police operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro with the misleading caption:
Ang daming patay dahil sa bagyong Tino Mga ka Bossing (So many people have died because of typhoon Tino, everyone )
A reverse image search showed the photo was shot by Reuters photojournalist Ricardo Moraes with the caption:
A drone view shows mourners gathering around bodies, the day after a deadly police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes.
Mga ka Bossing cropped and flipped Reuters’ photo.
The Brazil incident left 64 people dead, according to Reuters.
Typhoon Tino made its first landfall on Nov. 4, 12 a.m., in Silago, Southern Leyte affecting 134, 973 individuals and leaving 214 dead, 502 injured and 125 people missing, according to the Nov. 14 situational report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
While some readers recognized that the photo was misused, other Facebook users believed it depicted the aftermath of typhoon Tino.
A sharer of the post captioned their repost “Grave sa Cebu (Things are bad in Cebu).” Another said, “Maka truma Ang ingon Ani🥺 (This kind of thing can really cause trauma🥺).”
As of writing, the post has garnered 310 reactions, 78 comments and 118 shares. The uploader, Mga ka Bossing’s Facebook page, was created on May 2, 2023 and has 38,000 followers. (SAA)
