{
  "id": 12131254,
  "title": "Ecuador’s Esmeraldas Floods Bring Local Emergency as Hail Swamps Quito",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/ecuadors-esmeraldas-floods-bring-local-emergency-as-hail-swamps-quito",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T08:58:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/ecuador-esmeraldas-emergency-floods-quito-hailstorm-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Esmeraldas floods push Ecuador's coastal city into a local emergency, while a hailstorm floods a Quito Metro station and key underpasses. The post Ecuador’s Esmeraldas Floods Bring Local Emergency as Hail Swamps Quito appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}