{
  "id": 11207174,
  "title": "This year's El Niño looks a lot like 1997. What happened then?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/this-years-el-nino-looks-a-lot-like-1997-what-happened-then",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-01T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6109860-this-years-el-nino-looks-a-lot-like-1997-what-happened-then/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Columbia University climate scientist Azhar Ehsan said in a September media briefing that this year's atmospheric evolution looks similar to that of 1997, when one of the strongest-ever El Niños formed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}