{
  "id": 10370173,
  "title": "California’s El Niño Emergency Begins Now as Beaches Erode",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/californias-el-nino-emergency-begins-now-as-beaches-erode",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-28T05:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/09/28/886953.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "California is facing a potentially multi-billion-dollar flood threat as El Niño gathers strength in the Pacific Ocean. The warming El Niño phenomenon tends to unleash powerful storms in the Pacific, including atmospheric rivers, some of which are named the “Pineapple …",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}