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Tanker crashes into cruise boat in New Orleans, 32 hospitalised

Verified: 42 outlets in 18 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 10 of them from the United States.

📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 1h ago·42 outlets

Rescues are underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat on the Mississippi River

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✓ Verified · 42 outlets

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.

Injured · 2 figures, newest first
more than 301 outlet: newswire.lk· latest Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTC
Over 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleans ↗
321 outlet: wwno.org· latest Nov 13, 11:44 PM UTC
Tanker strikes paddlewheel cruise ship in New Orleans; 32 injured, no passengers missing ↗
Rescued
1801 outlet: theadvocate.com· latest Nov 14, 4:05 AM UTC
180 aboard cruise ship rescued safely after Mississippi River tanker crash in New Orleans ↗
The story so far · 47 reports · · 18 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC

10 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AOL, Bloomberg, CBS News and 7 more · how we count

  1. Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst report
    Tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
  2. Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 min
    Tanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
  3. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
  4. Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min
    129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
  5. Nov 14, 3:54 AM UTC+8 h· you’re reading this
    Tanker crashes into cruise boat in New Orleans, 32 hospitalisedgulfnews.com ↗
  6. Nov 14, 4:05 AM UTC+8 h
    180 aboard cruise ship rescued safely after Mississippi River tanker crash in New Orleanstheadvocate.com ↗
  7. Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTC+8 h
    Over 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleansnewswire.lk ↗
  8. Nov 14, 4:57 AM UTC+9 h
    Tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, 32 hospitalizednews.tuoitre.vn ↗
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 4 says the cruise boat was docked, while Reports 1 to 3 describe a tanker hitting a boat on the moving river and rescues underway, so it conflicts on the circumstances.

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Reliability
98%

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Risk Score
medium risk