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  "id": 4624005,
  "title": "Hurricane Karina strengthens rapidly off Baja coast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/hurricane-karina-strengthens-rapidly-off-baja-coast",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T10:28:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1545996/hurricane-karina-strengthens-rapidly-off-baja-coast/"
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  "summary": "Hurricane Karina rapidly strengthened in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. According to the National Hurricane Center, Karina first reached Category 1 strength with winds of 80 mph and then intensified into a Category 3 hurricane with winds reaching 125 mph. The storm's center was located about 820 miles southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and was moving northwest at 15 miles per hour.\n\nThe National Hurricane Center reported that Karina was not threatening land but swells from the storm were likely to cause dangerous surf and rip current conditions along parts of southwest Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula. The storm was expected to stay well away from land and move farther out into the Pacific.\n\nKarina was one of two storms in the Pacific, with Tropical Storm Lowell located 1,150 miles southeast of Hawaii, also posing no threat to land. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had forecast a below-average Atlantic hurricane season due to El Nino.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific, could be a major storm this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/tropical-storm-karina-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-in-the-pacific",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:25:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Tropical storm Karina strengthens into hurricane in Pacific, threatens major damage this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/tropical-storm-karina-strengthens-into-hurricane-in-pacific-threatens",
        "published": "2026-08-30T12:42:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific, could be a major storm this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/tropical-storm-karina-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-in-the-pacific-4426531",
        "published": "2026-08-30T12:53:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/tropical-storm-karina-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-in-the-pacific-4445080",
        "published": "2026-08-30T13:16:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific, could be a major storm this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/tropical-storm-karina-strengthens-into-a-hurricane-in-the-pacific-4455434",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:40:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Karina becomes a Pacific hurricane well away from land and is forecast to become a major storm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/karina-becomes-a-pacific-hurricane-well-away-from-land-and-is",
        "published": "2026-08-30T19:27:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Karina Rapidly Becomes a Major Hurricane in the Pacific Far from Land, Forecasters Say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/karina-rapidly-becomes-a-major-hurricane-in-the-pacific-far-from-land",
        "published": "2026-08-31T01:13:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Hurricane Karina intensifies to category 4 storm in Pacific Ocean; no threat to land yet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/hurricane-karina-intensifies-to-category-4-storm-in-pacific-ocean-no",
        "published": "2026-08-31T10:38:05.000Z"
      }
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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."
}