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Powerful storms and suspected tornadoes slam Midwest, leaving nearly 1 million without power

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63 0 Aug 11 22:00 UTC — 38 articles · 38 sources · importance 46.0 · tone -6.5 · shares 30 with viewedtone -6.5Aug 11 22:45 UTC — 44 articles · 41 sources · importance 52.0 · tone -6.2 · shares 36 with viewedtone -6.2Aug 11 23:00 UTC — 45 articles · 42 sources · importance 53.0 · tone -6.2 · shares 37 with viewedtone -6.2Aug 11 23:30 UTC — 47 articles · 44 sources · importance 55.0 · tone -6.3 · shares 39 with viewedtone -6.3Aug 12 00:00 UTC — 50 articles · 46 sources · importance 58.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 42 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 12 00:45 UTC — 51 articles · 46 sources · importance 59.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 43 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 12 01:00 UTC — 52 articles · 47 sources · importance 64.0 · tone -6.2 · shares 44 with viewedtone -6.2Aug 12 01:15 UTC — 53 articles · 48 sources · importance 65.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 45 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 12 01:45 UTC — 54 articles · 49 sources · importance 66.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 46 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 12 02:00 UTC — 55 articles · 50 sources · importance 67.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 47 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 12 03:00 UTC — 56 articles · 51 sources · importance 72.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 48 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 12 07:15 UTC — 57 articles · 52 sources · importance 73.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 49 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 12 10:30 UTC — 58 articles · 53 sources · importance 74.0 · tone -6.2 · shares 50 with viewedtone -6.2Aug 12 13:45 UTC — 59 articles · 54 sources · importance 75.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 50 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 13 01:15 UTC — 60 articles · 55 sources · importance 76.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 51 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 13 03:30 UTC — 62 articles · 56 sources · importance 78.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 53 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 15:45 UTC — 63 articles · 57 sources · importance 79.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 54 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 13 17:30 UTC — 54 articles · 49 sources · importance 68.0 · tone -5.9 (viewing)tone -5.9Aug 13 17:45 UTC — 46 articles · 43 sources · importance 58.0 · tone -5.7 · shares 40 with viewedtone -5.7Aug 13 18:15 UTC — 47 articles · 44 sources · importance 59.0 · tone -5.8 · shares 40 with viewedtone -5.8Aug 13 18:45 UTC — 38 articles · 36 sources · importance 50.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 31 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 19:30 UTC — 37 articles · 35 sources · importance 49.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 30 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 19:45 UTC — 34 articles · 32 sources · importance 46.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 27 with viewedtone -6.0 Aug 11 22:00 Aug 13 20:00 UTC
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10d ago 37 35 49.0 30
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10d ago 47 44 59.0 40
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Articles in Story

Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

-5 = extremely negative/alarming
0 = neutral/factual
+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T1 Flights grounded in Chicago, power knocked out as severe weather pounds Illinois, Indiana ⚖ Contested power_outage abcnews.com disrupted, dangerous, urgent
-9.3
fear
T1 Powerful storms and suspected tornadoes slam Midwest, leaving nearly 1 million without power power_outage cbsnews.com alarmed, isolated, unsafe
-6.6
fear
T1 3 dead, more than 1 million without power as severe storms strike Midwest 📄 power_outage nbcnews.com devastated, powerless, grieving
-4.9
sadness
T2 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage capitalgazette.com alarmed, disrupted, urgent
-7.3
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage greeleytribune.com destructive, alarming, urgent
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage bostonherald.com destructive, alarming, urgent
-6.0
fear
T3 Flights grounded in Chicago, power knocked out as severe weather pounds Illinois, Indiana ⚖ Contested power_outage indiatimes.com chaotic, disrupted, frightening
-13.1
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage local10.com alarming, urgent, dangerous
-5.5
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage leadertelegram.com frightening, chaotic, disruptive
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage caledonianrecord.com alarming, frantic, dangerous
-2.3
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage cdapress.com alarming, frantic, dangerous
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage twincities.com urgent, threatening, chaotic
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage journal-advocate.com urgent, threatening, chaotic
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage news-gazette.com panicked, blaring, dangerous
-6.0
fear
T3 Power outages in Chicago and Indiana as storms pummel the region power_outage wgauradio.com powerless, chaotic, urgent
-5.6
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage erienewsnow.com alarming, urgent, harrowing
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage wral.com terrifying, urgent, destructive
-5.9
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage postregister.com alarmed, anxious, urgent
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage eptrail.com terrified, strained, disrupted
-7.3
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage courant.com terrified, strained, disrupted
-7.3
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage cecildaily.com scared, anxious, vulnerable
-6.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage netscape.com scared, anxious, vulnerable
-7.9
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power power_outage thetimes-tribune.com devastated, powerless, hazardous
-7.3
fear
T3 Power outages in Chicago and Indiana as storms pummel the region power_outage wdbo.com disrupted, vulnerable, urgent
-6.1
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado sirens blare power_outage mcalesternews.com chaotic, urgent, frightened
-2.3
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado sirens blare power_outage goskagit.com chaotic, urgent, frightened
-7.1
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage yankton.net alarming, chaotic, urgent
-7.3
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest ⚖ Contested power_outage idahopress.com alarming, disruptive, urgent
-8.1
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage tribstar.com urgent, anxious, disrupted
-3.0
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage tribdem.com urgent, anxious, disrupted
-2.8
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage kokomotribune.com alarmed, disrupted, anxious
-2.1
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage idahostatejournal.com alarmed, disrupted, anxious
-7.7
fear
T3 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado warning sirens blare power_outage thedailytimes.com panicked, blaring, vulnerable
-7.3
fear
T3 Rolled over semis, downed power lines block part of I-65 in Indiana – NBC Chicago power_outage nbcchicago.com chaotic, hazardous, disruptive
-3.3
fear
T3 Severe storms cut power across all of Schererville, Indiana – NBC Chicago power_outage nbcchicago.com powerless, alarmed, unsettled
-2.5
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage goskagit.com disruptive, frightening, urgent
-7.7
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage joplinglobe.com disrupted, unsafe, urgent
-1.7
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage bakersfield.com disrupted, unsafe, urgent
-2.1
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohi... power_outage semissourian.com disrupted, unsafe, urgent
-7.9
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage union-bulletin.com urgent, dangerous, disruptive
-6.9
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage rockymounttelegram.com disruptive, chaotic, urgent
-7.7
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage caledonianrecord.com worried, disrupted, unsafe
-1.9
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage wandtv.com disrupted, dangerous, urgent
-7.3
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage ncnewsonline.com disrupted, dangerous, urgent
-1.6
fear
T3 Chicago hit by severe storms as 500,000+ lose power, flights halted ⚖ Contested power_outage indiatimes.com chaotic, stranded, urgent
-8.5
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage goshennews.com disruptive, dangerous, urgent
-1.7
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage adn.com vulnerable, disrupted, urgent
-7.5
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage whec.com disruptive, dangerous, anxious
-7.7
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage 13abc.com disrupted, dangerous, urgent
-7.9
fear
T3 Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as 'ring of fire' strikes Midwest power_outage texarkanagazette.com disrupted, dangerous, urgent
-7.6
fear
T3 Chicago-area severe weather: Power outages, gas shortages lead to long lines at gas stations in Illinois, Indiana power_outage abc7chicago.com frustrated, stranded, stressed
-2.5
anger
T3 NIPSCO outage leaves hundreds of thousands without power across northwest Indiana power_outage fox32chicago.com dark, disrupted, vulnerable
-5.1
fear
T3 Northwest Indiana tornadoes leave damage, power outages and gas shortages uncategorized fox32chicago.com devastated, stranded, urgent
-4.6
fear
T3 Deadly Midwest Storms Leave More Than 800,000 Without Power ⚖ Contested power_outage wvlkam.com devastating, overwhelming, urgent
-10.6
fear