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  "id": 2389586,
  "title": "What a record-breaking El Nino could mean for the world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/what-a-record-breaking-el-nino-could-mean-for-the-world-2389586",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T14:28:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
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    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260821-what-a-record-breaking-el-nino-could-mean-for-the-world"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "This year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far. It is expected to be the most \"intense\" El Nino in more than a century, the head of long-range forecasting at the UK's Met Office warned on Friday. Stacked on top of long-term human-caused climate change, the temporary jolt will…",
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        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "What a record-breaking El Niño could mean for the world",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/what-a-record-breaking-el-nino-could-mean-for-the-world-2368682",
        "published": "2026-08-21T09:10:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "What a record-breaking El Nino could mean for the world",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/what-a-record-breaking-el-nino-could-mean-for-the-world",
        "published": "2026-08-21T10:29:20.000Z"
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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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