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As Tropical Storm Fay weakens, NHC now monitoring tropical wave off the coast of Africa

WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) and WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro) describe the same event in different terms.

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As of September 22, 2026 at 3:32 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened As we continue to monitor a weakening Tropical Storm Fay, a new tropical wave has been identified off the coast of Africa.
The headline split WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) frames it as "As Tropical Storm Fay weakens, NHC now monitoring tropical wave off the coast of Africa". WGNO ABC (Nexstar, New Orleans) frames it as "New area for potential tropical development off the coast of Africa".
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CenterAs Tropical Storm Fay weakens, NHC now monitoring tropical wave off the coast of Africa

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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)News report · Sep 22, 2:43 AM

As Tropical Storm Fay weakens, NHC now monitoring tropical wave off the coast of Africa

As we continue to monitor a weakening Tropical Storm Fay, a new tropical wave has been identified off the coast of Africa.

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WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro)News report · Sep 22, 3:32 AM

Tracking the Tropics: New tropical area to watch as Fay weakens in the eastern Atlantic

The WXII 12 First Warning Weather team is tracking the latest on Fay

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WGNO ABC (Nexstar, New Orleans)News report · Sep 22, 1:14 AM

New area for potential tropical development off the coast of Africa

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - As we soon head into the very first day of Fall on Tuesday, we have a new area in the Atlantic located off the coast of Africa that we're keeping an eye on for potentia...

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Sep 22, 1:14 AM: WGNO ABC (Nexstar, New Orleans) joined the source map.

Sep 22, 2:43 AM: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.

Sep 22, 3:32 AM: WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 3 sources · 1 bucket.