Meteorologists say tornado in video digitally created | Fact check

An Aug. 28 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be a tornado over a body of water. Throughout the video, a still image of another tornado appears intermittently.
“Tornado in Dubai,” reads text superimposed over the video, which is also captioned with weather and climate-related hashtags.
The video was shared more than 600 times in less than two weeks.
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The visuals are fabricated. Neither tornado shown in the video is authentic, according to meteorologists.
Dylan Lusk, a National Weather Service meteorologist, told USA TODAY the tornadoes aren’t real.
“Both do not look natural,” he said. “For the main video played, the water does not interact correctly with the storm and the clouds are clearly digital.”
Brian Ciemnecki, another National Weather Service meteorologist, also told USA TODAY that the tornado over the water “doesn’t look right” and the bottom of it looks “computer generated.”
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USA TODAY has debunked a suite of videos that make false claims about weather or claim fabricated clips are genuine. These videos sometimes include real footage captioned with the wrong location or date.
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Lead Stories also debunked the claim.
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