India, Oct. 29 -- A video claiming to show a shark gliding through a flooded street in Jamaica set social media on fire this week. But it has turned out to be fake. The viral clip, which surfaced on TikTok, was created using AI, Newsweek confirmed.

The video, shared by a TikTok account, shows murky water rushing down a street as a fin cuts through the flood. "Look, look, that is a shark," someone says behind the camera. The clip racked up more than two million views within a day, just as Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica's coastline.

According to Newsweek, the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane with winds hitting 185 mph, making it the most powerful hurricane in Jamaica's recorded history. The National Hurricane...