This photo is not from Irma hurricane

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Publish: 2017-09-07 , 12:36 PM
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تعديل: 2025-03-19 , 10:30 PM

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Social media Syrian pages shared photo show traffic jam of thousands of cars in one while some look broken on the side of the road.

Pages said the phot from Florida USA where at least 2 million people trying to flee Irma hurricane.

Verify-Sy searched for the source of the photo and turns out it is from 2005 according to Medium website it is for civilians fleeing Huston city when Rita hurricane reached Texas.

US news Agency AP shared similar photos from Huston said it is from December 2005 showing civilians fleeing Rita Hurricane where more than 2 million people where on the road fleeing the hurricane.

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