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  "id": 2982677,
  "title": "U.K. forecasts ‘biggest’ El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/u-k-forecasts-biggest-el-nino-will-smash-records-spark-hottest-year",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:43:27.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/uk-forecasts-biggest-el-nino-will-smash-records-spark-hottest-year/article71383776.ece"
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  "summary": "El Nino typically results in drier conditions across southeast Asia, Australia, southern Africa, and northern Brazil, and wetter conditions in the Horn of Africa, the southern U.S., Peru and Ecuador",
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        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "U.K. forecasts ‘biggest’ El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/u-k-forecasts-biggest-el-nino-will-smash-records-spark-hottest-year",
        "published": "2026-08-22T06:43:44.000Z"
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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."
}