{
  "id": 4020530,
  "title": "Chile’s Colbún Reservoir Spills into the Maule River as Red Alert Hits the Region",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/chiles-colbun-reservoir-spills-into-the-maule-river-as-red-alert-hits",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T17:22:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/chile-colbun-reservoir-maule-river-red-alert-2026/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "CHILE · ENVIRONMENT Key Facts —What happened: The Colbún reservoir began a controlled spill into the Maule river after reaching 98 percent of capacity. —The alert: SENAPRED, Chile’s disaster agency, declared a red alert for the Maule region as a precaution. —Why now: The spill frees up storage before new weather fronts arrive from the […] The post Chile’s Colbún Reservoir Spills into the Maule…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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        "published": "2026-08-28T15:42:03.000Z"
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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."
}