{
  "id": 3508880,
  "title": "Panama and El Salvador declare emergency over El Nino-fuelled drought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/panama-and-el-salvador-declare-emergency-over-el-nino-fuelled-drought",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T12:37:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260826-panama-and-el-salvador-declare-emergency-over-el-nino-fuelled-drought"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Panama and El Salvador have become the latest countries along with Honduras to declare an emergency over El Nino, which has already forced a reduction in shipping through the Panama Canal. All three countries broke their monthly temperature records in both June and July, exacerbating famine concerns.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "El Salvador on red alert due to El Nino-fuelled drought",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/el-salvador-on-red-alert-due-to-el-nino-fuelled-drought",
        "published": "2026-08-26T01:07:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "El Salvador, Panama sound alarm on El Nino-fueled drought",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/el-salvador-panama-sound-alarm-on-el-nino-fueled-drought",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:08:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}