(CNN) Videos and live streams described as showing the effects of Hurricane Irma are racking up tens of millions of views on Facebook. But they aren't of Irma, and they aren't live.

One stream, described as "shocking video" of Irma, has more than 6 million views and more than 160,000 shares on the platform, with hundreds of comments from concerned viewers. "Blessings to everyone over there," said one commenter.

Although the stream was tagged "live" Wednesday morning on Facebook, it was actually video that was at least 9 months old. The video is only about three minutes long but was set on a loop. The stream remained "live" for over two hours.

CNN has not confirmed the original source of the video, but versions of it appeared online as early as December 2016 and were characterized as showing a bus flipping over during Cyclone Vardah in India.

The video's virality may have been helped by the fact it appeared on a verified Facebook page named "Carlos Trewher."

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