{
  "id": 4872622,
  "title": "China-Nepal floods: first research shows that no one could have outrun debris flow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/china-nepal-floods-first-research-shows-that-no-one-could-have-outrun-4872622",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T14:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3366020/china-nepal-floods-first-research-shows-no-one-could-have-outrun-debris-flow"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Not even the world’s fastest sprinters could have outrun the devastating floodwaters that struck a border crossing between China and Nepal last week, according to one of the first peer-reviewed assessments of the disaster. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) calculated that the surface velocity of the debris flow was 19 metres per second (62 feet per second) when it struck the…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China-Nepal floods: first research shows that no one could have outrun debris flow",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/china-nepal-floods-first-research-shows-that-no-one-could-have-outrun",
        "published": "2026-09-01T14:00:13.000Z"
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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."
}