Footage from Sunday does make it look like a moat formed around the outside of the building at first glance, but it is actually just the parking lot that encircles the stadium slick with rainwater, The AP said.
“I don’t think the video is fake or manipulated, I just think that it does not show flooding around the Stadium,” Farid said in an email to The AP. The reflections in the water create an “opaque look” that makes it appear like it’s standing water, he told The AP. “It’s just the way you’ve got the rain affecting it, you’ve got the light coming in on gray,” said Holtzman.
A closer look at the footage from Sunday also reveals parts of the parking lot that would not be present if it was deep under water, AP reported.
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