Video from China passed off as footage of recent hailstorm in Manipur

What is the claim?

A video showing a heavy hailstorm has been widely circulating on social media with claims that it is from India’s northeastern state of Manipur. Intense rain, accompanied by a heavy hailstorm, wreaked havoc in Manipur on May 5, causing damage to homes and vehicles and prompting the state government to announce a relief package worth Rs 6.90 crore for people affected by the hailstorm. 

Sharing the clip on X (formerly Twitter), along with two other images depicting the damage caused by the hailstorm, a user wrote that it showed “unprecedented and incessant heavy rainfall & hailstorm” in the state. Archived versions of such posts on X and Facebook on May 5 and 6 sharing the viral clip can be viewed here, here, and here.