{
  "id": 17228440,
  "title": "Climate change puts SA’s young and old at greater risk from extreme heat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/climate-change-puts-sas-young-and-old-at-greater-risk-from-extreme",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T13:12:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2026-10-30-climate-change-puts-sa-s-young-and-old-at-greater-risk-from-extreme-heat/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2026 Lancet Countdown report warns that escalating climate change poses an immediate threat to human survival, with extreme heat and drought hitting vulnerable populations in South Africa particularly hard.",
  "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."
}