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  "id": 5459474,
  "title": "How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/how-el-nino-is-choking-the-panama-canal",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-04T00:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-el-nino-panama-canal.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for only the second time because of drought caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/how-el-nino-is-choking-the-panama-canal",
        "published": "2026-09-03T19:24:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}