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Rescue efforts under way after tanker strikes river cruise boat in US

Verified: 32 outlets in 15 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 7 of them from the United States.

📍 United States, US·🕐 39m ago·32 outlets

American Heritage paddleboat with 129 passengers on board is partially submerged on Mississippi River in New Orleans.

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✓ Verified · 32 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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321 outlet: wwno.org· latest Nov 13, 11:44 PM UTC
Tanker strikes paddlewheel cruise ship in New Orleans; 32 injured, no passengers missing ↗
The story so far · 34 reports · · 15 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC

7 outlets from the United States, where the story is: Bloomberg, CBS News, Fox News and 4 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 ↗
  6. Nov 13, 11:28 PM UTC+3 h· you’re reading this
    Rescue efforts under way after tanker strikes river cruise boat in USaljazeera.com (again) ↗
  8. Nov 13, 11:31 PM UTC+3 h
    Tanker collides with docked New Orleans cruise ship, leaving it partially submergednst.com.my ↗
  9. Nov 13, 11:32 PM UTC+3 h
    Watch: Cruise ship seen sinking after collision with cargo ship in New Orleansbbc.co.uk ↗
  10. Nov 13, 11:44 PM UTC+4 h
    Tanker strikes paddlewheel cruise ship in New Orleans; 32 injured, no passengers missingwwno.org ↗
  11. Nov 13, 11:52 PM UTC+4 h
    Freighter collides with cruise ship in New Orleansfbcnews.com.fj ↗
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Reliability
94%

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Risk Score
low risk