{
  "id": 16592337,
  "title": "US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/us-forces-accused-of-weaponising-somalias-floods-by-trapping-women",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T11:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/us-forces-accused-of-weaponising-somalia-flood-el-nino"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy? The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres from the flooded River Juba in southern Somalia, never stood a chance. There was…",
  "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."
}