{
  "id": 12297830,
  "title": "Why El Niño can bring drought, floods and unusual weather across the globe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/why-el-nino-can-bring-drought-floods-and-unusual-weather-across-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T03:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-06-why-el-nio-can-bring-drought-floods-and-unusual-weather-across-the-globe/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "El Niño shifts Pacific Ocean heat and atmospheric circulation, changing the odds of drought, flooding and extreme weather in different parts of the world.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}