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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)News report · Aug 21, 10:28 PM
New Orleans seeing hail as severe storms move through the area
Videos are showing dime- to quarter-sized hail spotted falling Uptown.
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New Orleans seeing hail as severe storms move through the area
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) and WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) describe the same event in different terms.
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As of August 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Videos are showing dime- to quarter-sized hail spotted falling Uptown.
The headline split WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) frames it as "New Orleans seeing hail as severe storms move through the area". WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) frames it as "Photos, videos show hail falling across New Orleans during severe storms".
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WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans)News report · Aug 21, 10:21 PM
Photos, videos show hail falling across New Orleans during severe storms
Severe thunderstorms bring pea-sized hail to Uptown and parts of Jefferson Parish Friday afternoon.
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Aug 21, 10:21 PM: WWL-TV 4 (Tegna, New Orleans) joined the source map.
Aug 21, 10:28 PM: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.
Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 2 sources · 1 bucket.