Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
CBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Colombia rescue efforts press on after quake, death toll expected to rise
asserted
toll → press → quake
More than 160 confirmed dead after 7.4-magnitude quake hits coffee-growing heartland
Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid expectations that the death toll from the country's most powerful earthquake in decades could rise.
uncertain
toll → confirm → decades
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, killing at least 164 people.
asserted
earthquake → tear → people
The quake reduced multi-storey buildings to rubble in cities such as Pereira and Cali, and cracked apart one of the towers of a historic cathedral in the city of Manizales.
asserted
quake → reduce → Manizales
Emergency teams aided by police, soldiers and volunteers worked through the night with excavators and, at times, their bare hands, hunting for survivors beneath debris.
asserted
teams → aid → debris
In Cali, home to about 2.2 million people, at least 85 people were killed.
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people → kill → people
Dozens of buildings were left leaning precariously or destroyed outright, forcing residents into the streets.
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Dozens → leave → streets
Several of the top floors of one of the city's hospitals — some dedicated to pediatric care —collapsed upon themselves, leaving some patients trapped and forcing some 600 others to be tended to on a street strewn with rubble, hospital director Irne Torres Castro told Caracol television.
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Castro → dedicate → television
Carmen Yasmin Garcia, 43, a Cali resident volunteering with rescue teams, said on Monday afternoon that her group had freed seven people from a collapsed building, but four others and a dog remained trapped.
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others → volunteer → building
"A moment ago there was scratching but now we can't hear anything, we still have faith that the dog is alive and we can get these people out," Garcia said.
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Garcia → be → people
"We need people with sticks and spades, the more people lending a hand the better."
asserted
We → need → hand
Airport ceiling partially collapses
In Pereira, capital of the hard-hit state of Risaralda, authorities reported 66 dead.
asserted
66 → collapse → Risaralda
The city also bore some of the most visible destruction, with entire residential blocks reduced to piles of concrete and twisted steel.
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blocks → bear → concrete
Video posted on social media and verified by Reuters showed the city's airport violently swaying during the quake, with large chunks of the ceiling collapsing as people sheltered.
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people → post → ceiling
Another 13 people died in Choco, the rural province closest to the quake's epicenter.
asserted
people → die → epicenter