Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
3 of 16 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
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
29
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A massive hurricane is barreling toward Mexico as Southern California braces for dangerous surf, powerful rip currents and coastal flooding — with the storm’s enormous swells expected to slam into beaches across the region.
But
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swells → barrel → region
is not expected to make a direct hit on Southern California, its massive wave energy is expected to surge north toward the coast, with the most significant impacts forecast for Monday and Tuesday.
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impacts → expect → Monday
Swells are expected to begin arriving late Sunday, while high tides could reach around 7 feet, raising the threat of flooding along beaches, walkways and low-lying coastal areas.
uncertain
tides → expect → beaches
The NWS warned LA and Ventura counties could see four to seven-foot surf, along with strong rip currents, beach erosion and possible coastal flooding as the large swell arrives during high tide.
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swell → warn → tide
Areas of particular concern include the Long Beach Peninsula, Belmont Shore, Malibu and Avalon, although dangerous conditions could extend along much of the Southern California coastline.
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conditions → include → coastline
The coastline is still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Marie earlier this month, with powerful swells, king tides and dangerous surf causing widespread erosion and infrastructure damage.
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swells → recover → erosion
Long Beach, Malibu and other coastal communities saw flooding, damaged seawalls and significant beach erosion, leaving some areas vulnerable as they continue to deal with the storm’s aftermath.
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they → see → aftermath
In Long Beach and Seal Beach, crews have been reinforcing sand berms and preparing for flooding.
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crews → reinforce → flooding
In Seal Beach, lifeguard stands were removed from portions of the beach after erosion left some areas with little safe space for the equipment.
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erosion → remove → equipment
Long Beach officials have also been working to strengthen the sand berm protecting homes along the peninsula and preparing sandbags and pumps ahead of the expected swell.
“The main concern with this particular system is the significant wave energy, very dangerous surf, significant and potentially dangerous to deadly rip currents will also be occurring,” NOAA’s Dr. Ariel Cohen told KTLA.
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Cohen → work → KTLA
The coastal threat has become so serious that wildlife officials even relocated two newly discovered olive ridley sea turtle nests from Seal Beach and Huntington Beach to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, citing the combination of high tides and dangerous surf.
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officials → become → tides
Meanwhile, dramatic footage from inside Polo shows just how powerful the hurricane became.
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hurricane → show → Polo
Video shared by NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters shows a WP-3D aircraft plunging directly through Polo’s violent eyewall.
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aircraft → share → eyewall
In the cockpit, the aircraft can be seen violently rattling and bouncing as the crew pushes toward the eye, before the turbulent ride gives way to an eerie pocket of calm.
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ride → see → calm
Another view from the flight shows blue sky surrounded by towering white clouds as the aircraft emerges inside the hurricane’s eye.
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aircraft → show → eye
Polo previously reached an extraordinary 180 mph, with central pressure dropping to about 892 millibars, placing it among the most intense eastern Pacific hurricanes ever measured.
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pressure → reach → hurricanes
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