{
  "id": 14391594,
  "title": "‘Cruel but effective’: Thai flood strategy leaves Ayutthaya submerged to protect Bangkok",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/cruel-but-effective-thai-flood-strategy-leaves-ayutthaya-submerged-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T06:45:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
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    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2026/10/14/cruel-but-effective-thai-flood-strategy-leaves-ayutthaya-submerged-to-protect-bangkok/239069"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "AYUTTHAYA, Oct 14 — Stilt houses in villages north of Bangkok are no longer high enough to stay dry as Thai author...",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Submerged to save Bangkok: rural Thais bear brunt of capital’s flood defences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/submerged-to-save-bangkok-rural-thais-bear-brunt-of-capitals-flood",
        "published": "2026-10-14T05:07:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}