{
  "id": 16223019,
  "title": "Northwest India turned drier, south wetter over 70 years, finds IMD study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/northwest-india-turned-drier-south-wetter-over-70-years-finds-imd",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T19:54:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/northwest-india-turned-drier-south-wetter-over-70-years-finds-imd-study/articleshow/135154893.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In northwest India, the hot semi-arid zone grew from about a quarter of the region’s area in 1951-1980 to a third in 1991-2020, while the temperate zone shrank from about a quarter to less than a fifth, meaning that an area equal to roughly 7% of the region moved into the drier zone as temperatures rose and rainfall declined, said the study.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}