{
  "id": 11583028,
  "title": "Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/bangkok-at-breaking-point-as-floods-turn-streets-into-stagnant-lakes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T02:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/bangkok-thailand-floods-breaking-point-stagnant-lakes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia Bangkok is used to absorbing the sudden afternoon downpours that inundate the city during the rainy season. Even streets in many central high-rise districts can briefly turn into rivers, with rats and cockroaches racing out of sewers and taking temporary refuge…",
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      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/bangkok-at-breaking-point-as-floods-turn-streets-into-stagnant-lakes-11595244",
        "published": "2026-10-03T03:36:45.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}