By Reuters Staff
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A photo of boats in a harbor that are completely covered in a thick coating of ice has been circulating on social media, with users claiming that it shows Texas during the deadly winter storm of February 2021. This claim is false: the photo shows boats in Geneva, Switzerland, and was taken on Jan. 29, 2005.
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The posts (here , here , here) show a photo of frozen boats alongside captions including “Texas”, “Wow Kemah Texas, never seen boats in the water frozen” and “A friend in Galveston, Tx just sent this my way. Damn!”
In mid-February 2021 Texas was hit by a rare winter storm that left at least 21 people dead and millions without power (here).
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