Fact Check: When Pigs Float

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In the wake of Hurricane Florence photos began circulating of a hog farm under water, with dead, bloated pigs bobbing about.

Some of these photos were incorrectly captioned, claiming they were taken in the aftermath of Florence. (The posts received hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook before being rated by third-party fact checkers.) The aerial photos were actually taken after Hurricane Floyd in 1999.

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