Template:Did you know nominations/September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods

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[[File:|140px|A rainfall map from the National Weather Service for the September 2023 Southwestern U.S. floods. ]]

A rainfall map from the National Weather Service for the September 2023 Southwestern U.S. floods.

• ... that during the September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods, flooding occurred during Burning Man, stranding at least 73,000 attendees? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/burning-man-death-investigation-70000-stranded-nevada-desert-flooding/
  • ALT1: ... that during the September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods, Diplo and Chris Rock fled Burning Man after the festival's location was flooded? Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/burning-man-rains-mud/story?id=102886032
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WFYI (TV)
  • Comment: Flood event. Feel free to let me know if the hooks need clarity as they aren't perfect, but I'll see if I can come up with other ones or fix them if the two hooks above have issues.

Created by Tails Wx (talk). Self-nominated at 02:35, 5 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 13:45, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Appears to meet all the criteria. I think the first hook is better. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:07, 23 September 2023 (UTC)