{
  "id": 14866326,
  "title": "Is Philippines geared for El Nino? Critics say water-planning has run dry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/is-philippines-geared-for-el-nino-critics-say-water-planning-has-run",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T04:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3371075/philippines-geared-el-nino-critics-say-water-planning-has-run-dry"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As the Philippines braces for months of drought and shortages in key resources due to the current El Nino season, questions are mounting over whether it could have prepared better to deal with a crisis that has been predicted well in advance. The government’s haphazard response to El Nino reflects its persistent track record of failing to do adequate disaster and infrastructure planning,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}