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Nor’easter kills Brooklyn worker as emergency ferry reaches Hatteras
Leighton Brown was killed by a falling tree in Brooklyn. An emergency ferry reached road-cut Hatteras, but the damaged mainland route has no confirmed reopening date.
Who reported what
What 11 outlets reported about this story, point by point, and who reported each point first.
- 1ABC News
- 2NBC News
- 3NPR
- 4Unknown outlet
- 5Fox News
- 6Associated Press
- 7CBS News
- 8DW News
- 9CNN
- 10CTV News
- 11Bloomberg Television
Independently confirmed
NPRFirst
A powerful September nor’easter brought coastal flooding, heavy rain and high winds from the Mid-Atlantic through the coast of Maine.
NBC News
A rare fall nor’easter was lashing the East Coast with rain, flooding and tropical-storm-force wind gusts.
CNN
The nor'easter was bringing heavy rain, wind, large waves, flooding and beach erosion to the Northeast.
Unknown outletRepeats NPR
The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, large waves and heavy rain to the coast.
CTV News
A powerful storm brought fierce winds, soaking rain and flash flooding to U.S. East Coast communities.
Bloomberg Television
The nor’easter brought heavy rain, wind and flooding from Washington to Boston.
Not in the reporting of ABC News, Fox News, Associated Press, CBS News, and DW News
Independently confirmed
NBC NewsFirst
More than 75,000 people were already without power across the Northeast.
Fox News
The report said roughly 100,000 customers were without power across the Mid-Atlantic and New England.
DW News
High winds had knocked out electricity to around 100,000 people, according to the broadcast introduction.
CNN
Tens of thousands of customers were without power.
Unknown outletRepeats NBC News
An earlier Saturday report put power outages above 70,000 customers.
ABC News
More than 100,000 customers were without power across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast at the time of the report.
Not in the reporting of NPR, Associated Press, CBS News, CTV News, and Bloomberg Television
Independently confirmed
NBC NewsFirst
Streets along the Jersey Shore were already underwater during the report.
NPR
On Friday night, roads flooded in coastal New Jersey communities, and some homes in Surf City were inundated.
CNN
Danny Freeman reported that tidal flooding had affected parts of the Jersey Shore during the day.
Unknown outletRepeats NBC News
Some homes flooded in Surf City, New Jersey.
CTV News
Floodwaters inundated streets and stranded drivers in affected areas.
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Independently confirmed
Unknown outletFirst
At least one death was reported in connection with the storm.
Bloomberg Television
Falling trees killed people in the New York City area the previous day.
ABC News
A tree fell in Brooklyn and killed a New York City Housing Authority employee who was walking through a parking lot.
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Independently confirmed
NPRFirst
The National Weather Service forecast dangerous flooding along the Mid-Atlantic coast, particularly near New Jersey and Delaware.
Unknown outletRepeats NPR
NPR reported on Sept. 26, 2026, that the National Weather Service forecast dangerous flooding along the Mid-Atlantic coast, particularly near New Jersey and Delaware.
Bloomberg Television
Strong northeasterly winds caused successive tides to pile up, contributing to coastal flooding along low-lying shore areas.
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Independently confirmed
NBC NewsFirst
New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency because of the nor’easter.
ABC News
States of emergency were in place in New York and New Jersey.
CTV News
Parts of New York and New Jersey remained under states of emergency.
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Independently confirmed
ABC NewsFirst
Storm warnings extended about 900 miles from the Outer Banks to Maine.
DW News
Tens of millions of people were in the storm’s forecast path across the mid-Atlantic and New England through the weekend.
Not in the reporting of NBC News, NPR, Unknown outlet, Fox News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, CTV News, and Bloomberg Television
Independently confirmed
NPRFirst
Sea Bright officials expected flooding to start Saturday and worsen by midday.
CNN
Freeman reported officials were watching around 6:00 p.m. as a potentially dangerous time for flooding to return; he said high tides were expected at 8:00 that night.
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Independently confirmed
ABC NewsFirst
More than 420 flights had been canceled nationwide amid the nor’easter, with most of the cancellations coming out of Boston.
CTV News
The storm disrupted travel and forced the cancellation of some outdoor events.
Not in the reporting of NBC News, NPR, Unknown outlet, Fox News, Associated Press, CBS News, DW News, CNN, and Bloomberg Television
Independently confirmed
NBC NewsFirst
A voluntary evacuation was issued for part of Manasquan, New Jersey.
ABC News
Officials on the Jersey Shore urged families to move to higher ground under a voluntary evacuation order.
Not in the reporting of NPR, Unknown outlet, Fox News, Associated Press, CBS News, DW News, CNN, CTV News, and Bloomberg Television
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
The report said 32 million Americans were under coastal-flooding threats.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
New York’s governor declared a state of emergency.
Not independently confirmed
CBS News
Ocean's Calling was cancelled for the second time in its short history.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
The transcript says more than 85 million people were already without power across the Northeast.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
A section of Highway 12 on North Carolina’s Outer Banks washed away.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
More than 30 million people were under flood alerts as the nor’easter moved inland.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
A stretch of Highway 12 on North Carolina’s Outer Banks washed away.
Not independently confirmed
NPR
Nearly 80,000 people in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts were without power as of Saturday evening.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
New York’s governor declared a state of emergency in response to the storm.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
NBC said 31 million Americans were under coastal flooding alerts.
Not independently confirmed
NBC News
The report said 37 million people were under coastal-flooding threats.
Not independently confirmed
CNN
Officials in Atlantic City and across New Jersey warned that coastal flooding could return when the tide came back in later that night.
Not independently confirmed
Fox News
William Turner said about 30,000 electricity customers in Connecticut were without power Sunday morning.
Not independently confirmed
Fox News
Turner said moderate to major coastal flooding was expected around noon Sunday from Greenwich to Milford.
Each line is the claim as we recorded it from that outlet's report. Compared as of September 28, 2026 at 3:05 AM CDT.