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Heat sent dozens to Triangle-area emergency departments over July 4th weekend

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 9d ago
1 distinct post / 48h, matching Triangle 1
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9d ago Heat, poor air quality create perfect storm of hazardous weekend conditions Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is affecting air quality across the country. When combined with this weekend's extreme… -5.5

Articles in Story

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LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

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The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 Heat sent dozens to Triangle-area emergency departments over July 4th weekend ⚖ Contested weather_heat wral.com overheated, injured, overwhelmed
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fear
T3 Hundreds evaluated for illness during extreme heat in DC July 4 weather_heat nbcwashington.com alarmed, overheated, distressed
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T3 DC area under heat, air quality alerts after stormy Fourth of July weather_heat wtop.com stifling, warned, uneasy
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fear