After Super Typhoon Kong-rey forced thousands to flee their homes in the Philippines, a video of high winds lashing trees circulated online in posts falsely claiming it showed the storm. The clip – viewed millions of times on Facebook,

Rey has intensified into a typhoon and is threatening to bring strong winds and torrential rain to the northern Philippines, before tracking toward Taiwan and making landfall.

Authorities in Taiwan are warning residents along its eastern coast to brace for the impacts Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which has rapidly intensified as it barrels towards the island after bashing the Philippines.