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Heavy rain, flooding threat for tri-state area

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The cooldown after the heat wave is bringing increased chances for more showers and storms and a growing threat of flooding across the tri‑state region. Temperatures on Sunday started out in the 70s across the New York City area, a noticeable break from last week’s extreme h...

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What happened Heavy rain, flooding threat for tri-state area.
The headline split The left frames it as "‘Stay home’: Heavy rain brings surface flooding to Dunedin, council opens evacuation cent...". The center frames it as "Heavy rain, flooding threat for tri-state area".
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Left / center-left‘Stay home’: Heavy rain brings surface flooding to Dunedin, council opens evacuation centre

Stuff (New Zealand) · Center-left · News report

CenterHeavy rain, flooding threat for tri-state area

WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) · Center · News report

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WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York)News report · Jul 5, 2:13 PM

Heavy rain, flooding threat for tri-state area

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NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The cooldown after the heat wave is bringing increased chances for more showers and storms and a growing threat of flooding across the tri‑state region. Temperatures...

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Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Jul 5, 12:13 PM

‘Stay home’: Heavy rain brings surface flooding to Dunedin, council opens evacuation centre

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Dunedin City Council is asking people to stay home if they can and avoid unnecessary travel.

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Details63/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
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Jul 5, 12:13 PM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

Jul 5, 2:13 PM: WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 63/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.