{
  "id": 12650450,
  "title": "Landslides, flash floods and raging seas: is California ready for the ravages of El Niño?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/landslides-flash-floods-and-raging-seas-is-california-ready-for-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T14:30:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/california-el-nino-preparedness"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A mix of natural disasters could all befall the state at once as it finds itself in the crosshairs of the climate phenomenon On a cloudless autumn afternoon, sunlight sparkled on the water that had quietly swallowed a busy intersection to the north of San Francisco, as the surrounding rush-hour traffic slowed to a painful crawl. There were no crashing waves or storm surges to blame for the flood.…",
  "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."
}