{
  "id": 2066648,
  "title": "Heavy Rains in Chiang Rai Cause Rivers to Overflow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/heavy-rains-in-chiang-rai-cause-rivers-to-overflow",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T03:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/chiang-rai/rivers-overflow-chiang-rai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "CHIANG RAI – Relentless heavy rain continues to batter the northern province of Chiang Rai and neighboring towns in Myanmar. This extreme weather event is causing sudden and widespread flooding across many local rural districts. Entire local towns are struggling deeply as rushing rivers burst their banks and water levels rise rapidly. Rising floodwaters have […] The post Heavy Rains in Chiang Rai…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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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."
}