{
  "id": 40351,
  "title": "Europe’s key rivers are drying up as extreme heat impact widens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/europes-key-rivers-are-drying-up-as-extreme-heat-impact-widens-40351",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-02T08:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/02/world/europes-rivers-dry-up/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rhine and Danube levels have dwindled over an unusually hot and dry summer, with repeated bouts of high-pressure blocking moisture-bearing clouds from replenishing watersheds.",
  "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."
}