{
  "id": 17794818,
  "title": "A lackluster response to North Carolina flooding disasters is eroding Republican support in one county",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/a-lackluster-response-to-north-carolina-flooding-disasters-is-eroding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T12:00:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/north-carolina-congress-republicans"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At more than $52m, the race has become the most expensive in US history, but residents are fed up with flooding Aida Havel mulled her fate over coffee after working the early voting polls all day in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. “We are trapped,” she concluded. The Dare county commission candidate lives about 50 miles (80km) south, on Hatteras Island on the state’s Outer Banks. Continue…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}