Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A rain-soaked swath of the Southwest U.S. braced Sunday for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues.
asserted
days → soak → evacuations
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of the Four Corners — the meeting point of Arizona,
, New Mexico and Utah — even as local officials forecast further receding of since rains picked up Wednesday.
asserted
rains → issue → receding
Repeated torrential rain and storms could flood roads, small streams, narrow canyons and burn scars, according to CBS News meteorologist Andrew Kozak.
uncertain
rain → flood → Kozak
The rain will expand across the central and northern Plains Sunday night before moving toward the Upper Midwest Monday and Tuesday.
asserted
rain → expand → Midwest
The Colorado Department of Transportation said water flow levels in the San Juan River increased significantly overnight, and the San Juan River Bridge remains closed Sunday.
asserted
Bridge → say → River
Video shared with CBS Colorado shows a house in Pagosa Springs inundated with floodwaters.
asserted
house → share → floodwaters
All that can be seen is a small piece of the roof and the chimney.
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that → see → roof
I tried.
asserted
I → try → ?
I really tried.
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I → try → ?
But this one was bigger than the last one," Pagosa Springs resident Chris Mott said in another video of water rushing through a neighborhood.
asserted
Mott → say → neighborhood
"It moved sandbags and everything."
asserted
It → move → sandbags
About 4 feet of water flooded the home of San Juan County, New Mexico, Sheriff Shane Ferrari.
asserted
feet → flood → Ferrari
He said the area's situation was stable Sunday, but he and other residents were trying to clean up and deal with damage.
asserted
he → say → damage
San Juan County spokesperson Devin Neeley said the county did not have official numbers on damage to homes or the number of people evacuated, but he was not aware of any loss of life.
asserted
he → say → life
Neeley said the floodwaters were receding but left mud and silt, much of which has been contaminated with sewage because of failures at waste plants.
asserted
much → say → plants
There were still power outages affecting multiple areas, and it would likely be a few days until residents got their power back on.
asserted
residents → be → power
"It's a pretty active disaster zone," he said.
asserted
he → say → ?
The flooding is just the latest from two months of on-and-off heavy rain caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
asserted
flooding → cause → Pacific
After months of drought, other recent deadly flooding struck the
and areas of New Mexico.
asserted
flooding → strike → Mexico
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