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32 hospitalised after cruise ship capsizes in New Orleans

Verified: 49 outlets in 23 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 10 of them from the United States. 32 injured, according to 2 outlets.

📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 1h ago·49 outlets

A tanker ship collided with a luxury paddle wheeler docked in New Orleans on the Mississippi River in the US yesterday, causing the cruise vessel to roll over and sink.

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✓ Verified · 49 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
322 outlets: akipress.com, wwno.org· latest Nov 14, 5:41 AM UTC
Tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River, injuring 32 in New Orleans ↗
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 ↗
Rescued · 2 figures, newest first
1802 outlets: en.protothema.gr, theadvocate.com· latest Nov 14, 6:13 AM UTC
Miracle on the Mississippi”: Cruise ship capsizes after tanker collision in New Orleans, all 180 aboard rescued ↗
more than 1001 outlet: samoaglobalnews.com· latest Nov 14, 5:55 AM UTC
More Than 100 Rescued After Tanker Collides With Cruise Ship in New Orleans ↗
The story so far · 55 reports · · 23 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, 6:13 AM UTC+10 h
    Miracle on the Mississippi”: Cruise ship capsizes after tanker collision in New Orleans, all 180 aboard rescueden.protothema.gr ↗
  6. Nov 14, 6:40 AM UTC+10 h
    All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collisionnilepost.co.ug ↗
  7. Nov 14, 6:45 AM UTC+11 h
    All passengers rescued after tanker collides in cruise ship in New Orleansnewsbook.com.mt ↗
  8. Nov 14, 8:53 AM UTC+13 h· you’re reading this
    32 hospitalised after cruise ship capsizes in New Orleansrte.ie (again) ↗
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[Claude] All three other reports describe the same New Orleans tanker-cruise ship collision, and none contradicts Report 1's facts.

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Reliability
98%

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