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Thousands of power outages affecting Susquehanna Valley residents

The National Weather Service said it received more than a dozen reports of tornadoes Wednesday across northern Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois. Trees and utility wires were reported down across the region.

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What happenedThere are over 8,000 outages being reported across the region from PPL and Met-Ed as of 11:30 p.m.
What changedThese sources may not all be covering the same event, so Optics is holding the wording-gap call.
ConfidenceNeeds review. Shared tokens are only topic names, not a shared specific event.
Archive healthNeeds review · outlier detected

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70WORDING GAP

2 sources · 2 bias buckets · Needs review confidence

Needs review. Shared tokens are only topic names, not a shared specific event.

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Jun 11, 10:01 PM: PBS NewsHour joined the source map.

Jun 12, 3:24 AM: WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is needs review · outlier detected.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-left ·News report
PBS NewsHour6h ago

Midwest storms blamed for Iowa death, power outages and flight delays while heat hits the East

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The National Weather Service said it received more than a dozen reports of tornadoes Wednesday across northern Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois. Trees and utility wires were reported dow...

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Center ·News report
WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster)2m ago

Thousands of power outages affecting Susquehanna Valley residents

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There are over 8,000 outages being reported across the region from PPL and Met-Ed as of 11:30 p.m.

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