Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Crime & Law
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A Long Island swimmer disappeared in the waters off Robert Moses State Park as 18-foot waves crashed onto the beaches, brought on by the deadly nor’easter hammering the NYC region.
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waves → disappear → region
The unidentified man was seen in the ocean near Field 3 — located on Fire Island’s western tip — at around 2:30 p.m. before he disappeared from view and didn’t exit the water, New York State Police said.
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Police → see → water
Officials launched a search to identify the missing swimmer, who was described as a white male wearing dark-colored shorts.
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who → launch → shorts
Police did not release additional information about the missing swimmer, but asked for help from the public if they knew of anyone in the area at the time who they are unable to locate.
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they → release → who
Officials suspended their search for the swimmer Saturday evening because of darkness and are expected to relaunch Sunday, News12 reported.
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News12 → suspend → darkness
Hazardous water conditions were issued for the popular Fire Island park Saturday afternoon as the storm continued to batter the East Coast Saturday afternoon.
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storm → issue → Coast
Waves averaged 18 feet as sea levels were estimated between 15 and 20 feet with 25-foot sea swells at times, the National Weather Service said.
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Service → average → times
Winds averaged between 35 and 45 mph while gusts exceeded 60 mph.
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gusts → average → mph
Long Island — along with New York City, sections of New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut and Massachusetts — has been under storm and coastal flood warnings
The first confirmed casualty of the late September storm was reported roughly an hour after the Long Island swimmer disappeared.
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swimmer → confirm → storm
Leighton Brown, a 56-year-old worker for NYCHA, was killed when he was struck by a fallen tree at Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills Houses.
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he → kill → Houses
Brown suffered “trauma throughout his body” when heavy winds brought down the tree at 700 Euclid Avenue in East New York at around 3:30 p.m.
The victim was brought to a local hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead shortly after 5 p.m.
“My thoughts are with his entire family as they deal with this unimaginable loss.
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they → suffer → loss
May he rest in peace, and may his service to our city never be forgotten
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service → rest → city
,” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on X, announcing Brown’s death.
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Mamdani → write → death
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the lower counties of the Empire State, urging residents to stay out of the water and avoid swimming, surfing and boating.
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Hochul → declare → swimming
“Extremely dangerous rip currents and high surf make entering the ocean life-threatening.
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entering → make → ocean
Stay off rock jetties and beaches where sudden high waves can sweep you into the water,” the declaration stated.
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declaration → stay → water
The original state of emergency was in effect from Sunday as the worst of the storm is expected through Sunday morning.
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worst → expect → morning
An upper-level vortex was expected to merge with the powerful cyclone a few hundred miles off New York City and push the center towards New Jersey and Long Island overnight, the NWS said.
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NWS → expect → Jersey
The merge will result in the full force of the nor’easter impacting coastal southern New England to the northern Mid-Atlantic Sunday morning.
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force → result → Atlantic
Long Island remains under a High Wind Warning as gusts have already taken down trees and branches across the island and knocked out electricity.
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gusts → remain → electricity
Nearly 17,000 customers in Suffolk County were without power, while 2,000 were in the dark in Nassau as of 4 a.m. Sunday, according to tracker PowerOutage.com.
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2,000 → accord → PowerOutage.com
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