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

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Snapshot born 10d ago · present at 3 data intervals (10d ago → 10d ago)

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63 0 Aug 13 15:45 UTC — 63 articles · 57 sources · importance 79.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 7 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 13 17:30 UTC — 54 articles · 49 sources · importance 68.0 · tone -5.9 · shares 7 with viewedtone -5.9Aug 13 17:45 UTC — 46 articles · 43 sources · importance 58.0 · tone -5.7 · shares 13 with viewedtone -5.7Aug 13 18:15 UTC — 47 articles · 44 sources · importance 59.0 · tone -5.8 · shares 14 with viewedtone -5.8Aug 13 18:45 UTC — 38 articles · 36 sources · importance 50.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 19:30 UTC — 37 articles · 35 sources · importance 49.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 19:45 UTC — 34 articles · 32 sources · importance 46.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 20:00 UTC — 33 articles · 31 sources · importance 45.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 20:15 UTC — 31 articles · 29 sources · importance 43.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 13 20:30 UTC — 30 articles · 28 sources · importance 42.0 · tone -6.1 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.1Aug 13 20:45 UTC — 29 articles · 28 sources · importance 41.0 · tone -6.0 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.0Aug 13 21:30 UTC — 28 articles · 28 sources · importance 40.0 · tone -5.9 · shares 14 with viewedtone -5.9Aug 13 22:00 UTC — 25 articles · 25 sources · importance 37.0 · tone -6.2 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.2Aug 13 22:15 UTC — 21 articles · 21 sources · importance 33.0 · tone -6.2 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.2Aug 13 22:45 UTC — 20 articles · 20 sources · importance 32.0 · tone -6.4 · shares 14 with viewedtone -6.4Aug 13 23:00 UTC — 16 articles · 16 sources · importance 28.0 · tone -6.7 · shares 13 with viewedtone -6.7Aug 14 00:00 UTC — 14 articles · 14 sources · importance 22.0 · tone -7.0 (viewing)tone -7.0Aug 14 00:45 UTC — 13 articles · 13 sources · importance 21.0 · tone -6.9 · shares 13 with viewedtone -6.9Aug 14 01:00 UTC — 12 articles · 11 sources · importance 16.0 · tone -6.6 · shares 10 with viewedtone -6.6Aug 14 01:45 UTC — 11 articles · 10 sources · importance 15.0 · tone -6.6 · shares 9 with viewedtone -6.6Aug 14 04:00 UTC — 10 articles · 9 sources · importance 14.0 · tone -6.5 · shares 8 with viewedtone -6.5Aug 14 06:45 UTC — 9 articles · 8 sources · importance 13.0 · tone -6.3 · shares 7 with viewedtone -6.3 Aug 13 15:45 Aug 14 08:00 UTC
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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 Powerful storms and suspected tornadoes slam Midwest, leaving nearly 1 million without power power_outage cbsnews.com alarmed, isolated, unsafe
-6.6
fear
T1 Powerful storms in US midwest leave three dead and 800,000 without power power_outage theguardian.com devastated, vulnerable, overwhelmed
-5.4
sadness
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 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 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 Factbox-Storms leave over 729,000 homes and businesses without power in US Midwest power_outage whtc.com disruptive, cold, helpless
-6.4
fear
T3 Factbox-Storms leave over 729,000 homes and businesses without power in US Midwest power_outage wsau.com cold, helpless, disrupted
-6.4
sadness
T3 Factbox-Storms leave over 729,000 homes and businesses without power in US Midwest power_outage hot96.com devastated, powerless, urgent
-6.4
sadness
T3 MidAmerican assessing after storms knock out power to thousands power_outage kwqc.com stranded, cold, frustrated
-2.9
sadness
T3 Deaths and damage reported as severe weather in the Midwest spawns tornadoes and flash flooding 📄 power_outage idahopress.com tragic, devastating, somber
-6.1
sadness
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
T3 Deadly Midwest Storms Leave More Than 800,000 Without Power ⚖ Contested power_outage 980waav.com devastated, grieving, vulnerable
-10.6
sadness