A photo of a winding road has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim that it was built within 24 hours of Typhoon Hagibis hitting Japan in October 2019.
More than 100,000 rescuers, including 31,000 troops, were working into the night to reach people trapped after torrential rain caused landslides and filled rivers until they burst their banks.
It is forecast to crash into land in central or eastern Japan early Saturday evening, packing maximum gusts of 216 kilometres per hour (134 miles per hour) (JMA) said.