{
  "id": 17778429,
  "title": "How ‘Murasu’ became the first Tamil name for a tropical cyclone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/how-murasu-became-the-first-tamil-name-for-a-tropical-cyclone",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T09:39:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/how-tamil-word-murasu-became-a-name-for-a-cyclone-in-bay-of-bengal/article71655871.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "‘Murasu’ is the first Tamil name to be assigned to a tropical cyclone since the naming of cyclones over north Indian Ocean began in September 2004. ‘Murasu’ refers to a traditional Tamil percussion instrument.",
  "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."
}