Residents of Hyde and Dare counties, tourists in North Carolina deepfake (Aug 2025)

AI-generated images and videos related to Hurricane Erin are being spread on social media, showing misleading and humorous situations such as horses being evacuated in semi-trucks, cars being airlifted by helicopters, and families burying themselves in the beach. The images and videos are intended to make light of a serious situation, and could cause tourists and those unfamiliar with hurricanes to take the images at face value.