{
  "id": 15067690,
  "title": "Cloudy with a chance of moths: bogong swarms are bamboozling weather radars across NSW",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-moths-bogong-swarms-are-bamboozling-weather",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T23:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/17/bogong-moth-swarms-rain-weather-radars"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Radar systems designed for rain, hail and snow are picking up bogong moths migrating to the Australian Alps Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It was during Sydney’s Olympic Games in 2000, people say, that a swarm of bogong moths attracted by stadium lights was so huge that meteorologists mistook it for rain. Fast forward 26 years and the bogongs are back in big numbers.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}