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River cruise ship, tanker crash in New Orleans on Mississippi River; rescues are underway
Verified: 17 outlets in 10 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 3 of them from the United States.
📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 24m ago·17 outlets
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 17 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.
Who reported it
The story so far · 15 reports · · 10 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC
3 outlets from the United States, where the story is: CBS News, The Maritime Executive, Yahoo News · how we count
- Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst reportTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 minTanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
- Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
- Nov 13, 9:17 PM UTC+1 hNew Orleans crash updates: Passengers pulled from water after tanker slams into riverboat with more than 100 onboardindependent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 13, 9:28 PM UTC+1 h· you’re reading thisRiver cruise ship, tanker crash in New Orleans on Mississippi River; rescues are underwaycbsnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 9:43 PM UTC+2 hFreighter collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, passengers in the waterstraitstimes.com (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 9:49 PM UTC+2 hTanker Hits Riverboat on New Orleans Waterfront, Injuring Passengersmaritime-executive.com ↗
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
96%Independent outlets6
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this
Risk Score
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