{
  "id": 11451476,
  "title": "Kenya’s cities face rising flood, heat and water risks, govt warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/kenyas-cities-face-rising-flood-heat-and-water-risks-govt-warns",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:22:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kenyas-cities-face-rising-flood-heat-and-water-risks-govt-warns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government has warned that Kenya’s cities and settlements are increasingly exposed to flooding, extreme heat, water stress and infrastructure damage as climate change continues to affect the country. In a post shared on his X account on Friday, October 2, 2026, Environment Principal Secretary Festus Ngeno said Kenya must ensure that growing urban development […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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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."
}