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  "id": 174364,
  "title": "Strong El Nino could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, UN agency says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/strong-el-nino-could-push-49-million-more-people-into-acute-hunger-un",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T12:18:43.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2020786/strong-el-nino-could-push-49-million-more-people-into-acute-hunger-un-agency-says"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A powerful El Nino weather event could push an additional nearly 49 million people into acute food insecurity across some of the world’s most vulnerable regions by the end of next year, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday. The UN agency said in a report that there was an 81 per cent chance of a very strong El Nino event, with sea surface temperatures at their warmest levels since at…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/el-nino-could-push-50m-people-into-acute-hunger-before-end-of-next",
        "published": "2026-08-05T08:00:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Strong El Nino could push 49 million more people into acute hunger, says UN agency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/strong-el-nino-could-push-49-million-more-people-into-acute-hunger",
        "published": "2026-08-05T08:52:03.000Z"
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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."
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