Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
63/100
Global News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
69
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A powerful nor’easter battered the Northeast again on Sunday, flooding coastal communities and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power as forecasters warned that another round of high tides could inundate vulnerable shorelines.
uncertain
round → batter → shorelines
The slow-moving storm, which killed a New York City housing authority worker when a tree fell Saturday, was expected to linger through Sunday with heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf from New Jersey to New England.
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tree → move → England
The storm remained just south of Long Island and east of northern New Jersey on Sunday morning and was expected to loop around the area for roughly another 24 hours, said Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.
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Oravec → remain → Park
The worst of the remaining rainfall was expected Sunday from northern New Jersey through New York City and Long Island into southern New England.
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worst → remain → England
The storm was gradually weakening, Oravec said, but the threat of tidal flooding would linger through high-tide cycles Sunday morning and again in the evening.
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threat → weaken → evening
“The most impactful parts of the storm are likely going to be the high winds and the tidal flooding,” Oravec said.
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Oravec → go → storm
The nor’easter triggered memories of Superstorm Sandy, which left behind over $60 billion in damage across the eastern U.S. in 2012.
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which → trigger → 2012
While this storm’s impact has been nowhere near that, it could be the first of several along the East Coast this fall because of an El Niño climate pattern that’s disrupting this year’s weather.
uncertain
that → disrupt → weather
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More than 130,000 customers were without power across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic Sunday morning, according to PowerOutage.us.
- Ready for the harvest moon this weekend?
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customers → get → moon
Here’s what you’ll see in the sky
- End of the road coming for ‘End of the World’?
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End → ’ → World
- Tropical Storm Polo expected to become a major hurricane this week
- Record slow hurricane season, but Maritimers warned to stay vigilant about extreme weather
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Maritimers → expect → weather
Toppled trees across Long Island damaged homes and cars, blocked streets and downed numerous utility lines.
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trees → topple → lines
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said response coordination centers in impacted regions were operating at an “enhanced posture,” and teams were on standby in New England in case of widespread outages.
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teams → say → outages
On Saturday in New Jersey and New York, some people kayaked down flooded streets.
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people → kayak → streets
Others headed to beaches to try to surf the higher-than-usual waves.
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Others → head → waves
Emergency crews in Sea Bright, New Jersey, rescued a woman and her dog after their vehicle became trapped in floodwaters, ABC7 reported.
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ABC7 → rescue → floodwaters
In Surf City, New Jersey, water rose inside a marina where workers had moved equipment to higher ground, and owner Kenny Formica said customers reported boats and Jet Skis missing or blown from their lifts.
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boats → rise → lifts
In Norfolk, Virginia, floodwaters left passing cars pushing wakes through some streets.
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floodwaters → leave → streets
The storm also disrupted travel throughout the region.
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storm → disrupt → region
Hundreds of flights were canceled at Boston Logan International Airport, while flooding cut off highway access to North Carolina’s Hatteras Island, stranding visitors and forcing one couple to scramble to relocate their wedding after most of their roughly 45 guests were unable to reach the island.
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most → cancel → island
—AP journalist Julie Walker contributed from New York.
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Walker → contribute → York
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