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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Cateogry 5 hurricane on Tuesday, Oct. 28

Before the storm reached the island, a number of videos claiming to show the damage in Jamaica surfaced on social media

PEOPLE spoke to AI consultant and expert Jeremy Carrasco, who confirmed these clips were fake and shared what to look out for when identifying AI-generated videos

Hurricane Melissa passed through Cuba and is now a Category 2 storm as of the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 29

Hurricane Melissa officially made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane on Oct. 28 — but AI-generated videos showing devastation on the island started flooding social media before the storm even hit land.

While the hurricane did leave a catastrophic path of destruction behind after it reach

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