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Proof: Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 with evacuations underway

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T01:41:23Z","headline":"Hurricane Isaias strengthens to Category 2 with evacuations underway","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cnn","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/08/weather/live-news/hurricane-isaias-gulf-storm","v":1}

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SHA-256

4bae24ff981f86ca91688cde7c08b6b1fd0d0ae7e55d311160172d63d8ee408f

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970569, mined 2026-10-09 01:59 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 01:43 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 01:43 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4bae24ff981f.json prints 4bae24ff981f86ca91688cde7c08b6b1fd0d0ae7e55d311160172d63d8ee408f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-4bae24ff981f.json and headline-4bae24ff981f.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-4bae24ff981f.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.