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  "id": 4895090,
  "title": "VIDEO: Philippine couple holds wedding in flooded church",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/video-philippine-couple-holds-wedding-in-flooded-church",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T16:46:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/video-philippine-couple-holds-wedding-in-flooded-church/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Philippine couple, Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico, got married at a Catholic church in Hagonoy town, north of Manila, despite being flooded with hip-deep waters. The church, Saint John the Baptist, had been partially underwater for nearly a month due to heavy rains that have pummeled large parts of the country.\n\nThe couple, both in their 30s, waded into the murky brown floodwaters for an abbreviated late-morning ceremony. According to wedding photographer Mikko Rey Alfonso, the parish had advised them to postpone the wedding but they decided to proceed.\n\nThe groom told AFP that he and the bride did not mind their attire getting soaked. Heavier-than-usual seasonal monsoon rains in August caused landslides and flash floods that killed 34 people, according to the latest official tally.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Philippine couple married in hip-deep floodwaters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/philippine-couple-married-in-hip-deep-floodwaters-4863436",
        "published": "2026-09-01T12:44:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Philippine couple weds in hip-deep floodwaters after refusing to postpone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/philippine-couple-weds-in-hip-deep-floodwaters-after-refusing-to",
        "published": "2026-09-01T13:29:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Philippine couple married in hip-deep floodwaters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/philippine-couple-married-in-hip-deep-floodwaters-4900623",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:52:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "VIDEO: Philippine couple holds wedding in flooded church",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/video-philippine-couple-holds-wedding-in-flooded-church-4897913",
        "published": "2026-09-01T17:02:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}