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DEVELOPING · 7 OCT → 19 OCT 2026 · 13 EDITIONS · 208 OUTLETS

Hurricane Isaias leaves four dead and widespread damage along Gulf Coast

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

0 104 208 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 8 Oct 12:12 UTC · Hurricane Isaias forms as Gulf Coast braces for storm 8 Oct 18:07 UTC · Gulf Coast prepares as Hurricane Isaias approaches 9 Oct 00:05 UTC · Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 as Gulf Coast prepares for landfall 9 Oct 06:39 UTC · Hurricane Isaias Strengthens to Category 2 as Gulf Coast Evacuations Expand 9 Oct 12:06 UTC · Hurricane Isaias strengthens as evacuations begin along US Gulf Coast 9 Oct 18:07 UTC · Hurricane Isaias approaches northern Gulf Coast as evacuations and oil shutdowns expand 10 Oct 00:06 UTC · Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approaches northern Gulf Coast 10 Oct 12:06 UTC · Hurricane Isaias weakens after striking Florida Gulf Coast 12 Oct 06:48 UTC · Hurricane Isaias leaves four dead and widespread damage along Gulf Coast

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 8 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias forms as Gulf Coast braces for storm

  2. 8 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Gulf Coast prepares as Hurricane Isaias approaches

  3. 9 Oct, 00:05 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 as Gulf Coast prepares for landfall

  4. 9 Oct, 06:39 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias Strengthens to Category 2 as Gulf Coast Evacuations Expand

  5. 9 Oct, 12:06 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias strengthens as evacuations begin along US Gulf Coast

  6. 9 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias approaches northern Gulf Coast as evacuations and oil shutdowns expand

  7. 10 Oct, 00:06 UTC

    Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approaches northern Gulf Coast

  8. 10 Oct, 12:06 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias weakens after striking Florida Gulf Coast

  9. 12 Oct, 06:48 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias leaves four dead and widespread damage along Gulf Coast

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Hurricane Isaias · 10 outlets
  • Gulf Coast · 7 outlets
  • Florida Panhandle · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 3 hurricane track · from 9 Oct 13:15, 3 outlets
  • 3 storm it · from 9 Oct 13:15, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • inches rain: 15 (2 from 8 Oct 17:57) → 4 (1 from 8 Oct 22:23) → 7 (1 from 8 Oct 22:23)
  • hurricane it: 2 (2 from 9 Oct 05:20) → 3 (1 from 9 Oct 15:45) → 4 (1 from 10 Oct 08:33)
  • barrels day: 1.3 million (3 from 9 Oct 05:20) → 1.28 million (1 from 9 Oct 21:24)
  • storm it: 2 (1 from 8 Oct 23:37) → 3 (2 from 9 Oct 13:15)

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