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DEVELOPING · 7 OCT → 17 OCT 2026 · 11 EDITIONS · 65 OUTLETS

Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3 as Gulf Coast braces for landfall

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 32 65 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 7 Oct 18:21 UTC · Tropical Depression Nine forms as Florida declares emergency 9 Oct 06:44 UTC · Hurricane Isaias strengthens in Gulf as Florida declares emergency 9 Oct 18:12 UTC · Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3 as Gulf Coast prepares for landfall 10 Oct 00:11 UTC · Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3 as Gulf Coast braces for landfall

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES

  1. 7 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    Tropical Depression Nine forms as Florida declares emergency

  2. 9 Oct, 06:44 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias strengthens in Gulf as Florida declares emergency

  3. 9 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3 as Gulf Coast prepares for landfall

  4. 10 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 3 as Gulf Coast braces for landfall

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Hurricane Isaias · from 9 Oct 05:22, 3 outlets
  • Florida Panhandle · from 9 Oct 05:22, 2 outlets
  • Gulf Coast · from 9 Oct 15:25, 2 outlets
  • Mobile Bay · from 9 Oct 15:25, 2 outlets
  • Ron DeSantis · from 9 Oct 15:25, 2 outlets
  • 3 ahead expected · from 9 Oct 17:15, 2 outlets