{
  "id": 2750849,
  "title": "'Super' El Niño didn't cause this year's fires and heat waves, but it's about to take us on a 'wild ride'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/super-el-nino-didnt-cause-this-years-fires-and-heat-waves-but-its",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T08:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/el-nino-2026-extreme-weather-9.7313170"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Whether you call it a \"super\" El Niño or a \"Godzilla\" El Niño, the naturally occurring Pacific Ocean warming phenomenon that disrupts global weather patterns is back and packing a punch, at a time when many parts of the planet are already overheated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}