Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
2
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Thick fog will shroud much of the southern half of England, the eastern half of Wales and most of Northern Ireland throughout the early part of the week, forecasters have said, as commuters are told to expect delays.
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commuters → shroud → delays
There was disruption to flights at Heathrow airport on Monday, while an incident involving 30 vehicles closed a major road in Kent on Saturday evening.
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incident → be → evening
Niamh Murray, a Met Office operational meteorologist, said current weather conditions were the “perfect recipe” for fog.
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conditions → say → fog
“With autumn and winter … we get much longer nights, and that allows temperatures to fall away,” she said.
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she → get → nights
“We get a longer period of cooling and also the temperatures are much lower, so they’re much closer to the temperature that we need for the air to become saturated and therefore form fog.
“Another thing that we need to form fog is quite light winds, not absolutely no winds.
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we → get → fog
We just have the perfect recipe at the moment – light winds, clear skies, long nights – to allow that fog to develop.
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fog → have → moment
And particularly if we see the negative numbers [the temperature in degrees Celsius], it can be quite stubborn to clear the next day.”
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it → see → day
Forecasters issued yellow weather warnings, the least severe, for Monday in areas covering: most of England south of Manchester, with the exception of Devon and Cornwall; eastern parts of Wales, including Cardiff; and most of Northern Ireland, with the exception of Belfast.
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Forecasters → issue → Belfast
The affected area is likely to shrink to the Midlands, Staffordshire and Cheshire in the west of England on Tuesday, and eastwards across most of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Anglia.
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area → shrink → Yorkshire
On Monday morning, a spokesperson for Heathrow said: “Overnight fog has affected visibility on roads around Heathrow and conditions may continue into this morning.
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conditions → say → morning
If you’re travelling to the airport, please allow extra time for your journey.
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you → travel → journey
We advise passengers to check with their airline before leaving home and to drive with care.”
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We → advise → care
An 30-vehicle incident in foggy conditions on Saturday left two people seriously injured and closed the M20 in Kent between junction eight and nine near Maidstone.
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incident → leave → Maidstone
Edmund King, president of the AA, previously said: “Fog can transform a familiar road in a matter of minutes, so drivers need to be prepared to adapt their speed and leave more room between themselves and the vehicle ahead.
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drivers → say → themselves
“One of the biggest mistakes is simply following the rear lights of the car in front.
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One → follow → front
It can give you a false sense of security and means you may be travelling too close to react safely if that vehicle suddenly stops.
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vehicle → give → security
Give yourself extra time, slow down and drive to what you can actually see ahead.”
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you → give → what
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