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  "id": 2112031,
  "title": "Honduras places 80% of country on El Niño drought alert",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/honduras-places-80-of-country-on-el-nino-drought-alert",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-20T08:50:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-honduras-country-el-nio-drought.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Honduran government on Wednesday placed 80% of the country, including the capital, on drought alert as El Niño scorches harvests and causes livestock to die of thirst.",
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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."
}