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Rescue underway after ships collide in New Orleans

Verified: 34 outlets in 15 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 8 of them from the United States.

📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 1h ago·34 outlets

A rescue effort is underway after a tanker collided with a cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

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✓ Verified · 34 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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Injured: 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 · 39 reports · · 15 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC

8 outlets from the United States, where the story is: Bloomberg, CBS News, Fox News and 5 more · how we count

Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst report
Tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleans theguardian.com ↗
Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 min
Tanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updates theguardian.com (again) ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min
129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials say globalnews.ca ↗
Nov 14, 12:28 AM UTC+4 h· you’re reading this
Rescue underway after ships collide in New Orleanssmh.com.au (again) ↗
Nov 14, 12:59 AM UTC+5 h
Cruise Ship Capsizes After Tanker Collision in New Orleans bloomberg.com (again) ↗
Nov 14, 1:02 AM UTC+5 h
Tanker sinks river cruise ship in New Orleans collision splash247.com ↗
Nov 14, 1:03 AM UTC+5 h
Tanker, Passenger Vessel Collide in New Orleans marinelink.com ↗

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cross checkconfirmed90%

[Claude] All three other reports describe the same New Orleans Mississippi River tanker-cruise ship collision and rescue, with no conflicting facts about location or parties.

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Reliability

97%

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medium risk