Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
3 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
The Independent's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Residents of a Florida community have been trapped in their homes for days by a historic rainstorm that left floodwaters high enough for fish, venomous snakes and alligators to swim right up to homes.
asserted
fish → trap → homes
Floridians in West Palm Beach’s Riverwalk community have been trapped in their homes, surrounded by nearly 10 inches of floodwater, after what was described as a one-in-1,000-year rain event dumped heavy showers across the region earlier this week.
“It’s like an apocalyptic-type event,” resident Don Gentile told WPTV.
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Gentile → trap → WPTV
Some parts of Palm Beach County were left with two to three feet of floodwater earlier this week after days of heavy rain.
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parts → leave → rain
Roads were closed, and several polling locations were forced to relocate on Election Day Tuesday due to the flooding, according to 12 News.
uncertain
locations → close → News
Other residents of the Riverwalk community said the flooding was unlike anything they’d ever seen before, as every street in the gated community had significant levels of flooding.
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street → say → flooding
“Hopefully this will dissipate in the roadways,” Gentile said.
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Gentile → dissipate → roadways
“But every street in this community has some kind of flooding on it.”
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street → have → it
As a result of the flooding, residents have seen an influx of animals, from fish to venomous snakes to even alligators — sometimes swimming right up to their homes.
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residents → see → homes
As Gentile was walking the WPTV reporter to his backyard, the pair even ran into an alligator.
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pair → walk → alligator
His neighbor, James Whited, was left shocked by the sheer size of the animal.
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neighbor → leave → animal
“That thing had to be — his head was bigger than a Volkswagen,” Whited said.
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Whited → have → Volkswagen
The flooding has left some families unable to drive through the neighborhood, and some children haven’t been able to get to school, according to the report.
uncertain
children → leave → report
“I think the office main area got flooded, and that’s the only thing that is stopping me from going to school,” a young boy, Blake Zeitz, told the outlet.
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boy → think → outlet
As the flooding lingers, residents are now questioning what kind of preparations could have been in place ahead of the historic rainfall to prevent these issues.
uncertain
kind → question → issues
“We’re Palm Beach County.
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We → ’re → ?
We’re known for hurricanes and water and rain,” resident Debra Zeitz said.
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Zeitz → know → hurricanes
“Why can’t they predict something like this, too, or at least set up some kind of emergency way to deal with that?”
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they → predict → that
Residents are being urged to use caution on the roads and avoid unnecessary travel through flooded areas.
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Residents → urge → areas
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