Old, Unrelated Visuals Falsely Shared To Show Bhutan’s Glacial Lake Outburst

We found out that the clips precede the glacial lake outburst in Bhutan and show visuals from Nepal.

Old, unrelated visuals are being shared on social media, claiming to show the recent glacial lake outburst in the Gasa district of Bhutan.

(Source: Instagram/Altered by The Quint)

A video is going viral on social media, claiming to show the recent glacial lake outburst in the Gasa district of Bhutan.

• A glacial lake outburst occurred at Shintaphu Lake in the Gasa district of Bhutan on 29 October 2026, triggering flood alerts across West Bengal and Assam.

• The video was shared with the caption, "Dangerous Glacier Alert from Bhutan! Stay Safe, Stay Alert – Protect Our Lives! (sic)"

An archived version of this claim can be found here.

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)

Is it true?: No, the claim is false as both clips precedes the glacial lake outburst in Bhutan and are hence unrelated to it.

How did we find out?:

First clip: We divided the first clip into multiple screenshots, ran reverse image searches on some of them using Google Lens, and found a YouTube video uploaded on 5 September 2026, with the same visuals.

• The video's caption indicates that it shows the Nepal floods.

• We observed that the video shows a partially cropped logo that reads, "Peoples'."

According to the caption, the video shows Nepal floods. 

(Source: YouTube/ Screenshot)

• We ran a reverse image search using the screenshots from the YouTube video, which led us to the original video uploaded by the Facebook account of 'People's TV'.

• The post was uploaded on 27 August 2026, and its caption states that the video shows the Nepal floods.

Second Clip: We ran a reverse image search on the second clip using Google Lens and found a video from September 2026 that shared similar visuals.

• According to the caption, the video shows Nepal floods.

The caption indicates that it shows the Nepal floods.

(Source: YouTube/ Screenshot)

• We found a Facebook reel, with the same visuals, which also indicates that the video shows the Nepal floods.

Conclusion: Both clips precedes the glacial lake outburst in Bhutan and are hence unrelated to it.

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