ARGUS/OVERWATCH
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DEVELOPING · 24 SEP → 29 SEP 2026 · 6 EDITIONS · 67 OUTLETS

Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast and knocks out power

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 33 67 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 25 Sep 00:21 UTC · Powerful September Nor’easter batters East Coast 25 Sep 06:07 UTC · Powerful Nor’easter Brings Flooding, Wind Threat Up East Coast 25 Sep 18:13 UTC · Early-Season Nor’easter Brings Heavy Rain, Strong Winds and Coastal Flooding Risk 26 Sep 00:10 UTC · Powerful September nor’easter threatens East Coast with wind, rain and coastal flooding 26 Sep 06:12 UTC · Nor’easter floods New Jersey roads, knocks out power across Northeast 26 Sep 12:05 UTC · Nor’easter floods New Jersey roads, cuts power across Northeast 26 Sep 18:05 UTC · Powerful nor’easter floods roads, disrupts travel across Northeast 27 Sep 00:05 UTC · Rare September nor’easter brings flooding, outages and travel disruption to Northeast 27 Sep 18:06 UTC · Nor’easter floods Northeast, disrupts travel and leaves tens of thousands without power 28 Sep 18:06 UTC · Nor’easter floods East Coast, cuts power and disrupts travel 29 Sep 00:05 UTC · Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast and knocks out power

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 12 HEADLINES

  1. 2026-09-24

    Nor’easter threatens East Coast with heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding

  2. 25 Sep, 00:21 UTC

    Powerful September Nor’easter batters East Coast

  3. 25 Sep, 06:07 UTC

    Powerful Nor’easter Brings Flooding, Wind Threat Up East Coast

  4. 25 Sep, 18:13 UTC

    Early-Season Nor’easter Brings Heavy Rain, Strong Winds and Coastal Flooding Risk

  5. 26 Sep, 00:10 UTC

    Powerful September nor’easter threatens East Coast with wind, rain and coastal flooding

  6. 26 Sep, 06:12 UTC

    Nor’easter floods New Jersey roads, knocks out power across Northeast

  7. 26 Sep, 12:05 UTC

    Nor’easter floods New Jersey roads, cuts power across Northeast

  8. 26 Sep, 18:05 UTC

    Powerful nor’easter floods roads, disrupts travel across Northeast

  9. 27 Sep, 00:05 UTC

    Rare September nor’easter brings flooding, outages and travel disruption to Northeast

  10. 27 Sep, 18:06 UTC

    Nor’easter floods Northeast, disrupts travel and leaves tens of thousands without power

  11. 28 Sep, 18:06 UTC

    Nor’easter floods East Coast, cuts power and disrupts travel

  12. 29 Sep, 00:05 UTC

    Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast and knocks out power

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Long Island · 5 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Chicago Cubs · from 26 Sep 00:46, 4 outlets
  • Mikie Sherrill · from 26 Sep 00:16, 3 outlets
  • Mike Mangan · from 26 Sep 00:46, 3 outlets
  • Brian Kelly · from 26 Sep 00:46, 3 outlets
  • Sea Bright · from 26 Sep 00:46, 3 outlets
  • Matthew Belk · from 26 Sep 00:46, 3 outlets
  • Gillette Stadium · from 26 Sep 00:46, 3 outlets
  • Ed Sheeran · from 26 Sep 04:22, 3 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • inches rain: 8 (1 from 25 Sep 13:36) → 2 (1 from 27 Sep 14:41) → 4 (1 from 27 Sep 14:41)
  • customers without: 34,000 (1 from 26 Sep 04:22) → 70,000 (1 from 26 Sep 13:35) → 100,000 (1 from 27 Sep 15:45)
  • without power: 100,000 (2 from 27 Sep 14:16) → 130,000 (1 from 27 Sep 17:00)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.