{
  "id": 552168,
  "title": "Power, AC outages hit estate, office building and funeral home amid heatwave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/power-ac-outages-hit-estate-office-building-and-funeral-home-amid-552168",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T08:50:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3363653/power-ac-outages-hit-estate-office-building-and-funeral-home-amid-heatwave"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Power supply and air-conditioning disruptions across parts of Hong Kong have left residents sweltering in the extreme heat, with outages occurring at a housing estate, an office building and even a funeral home. In Yuen Long, about 2,400 households in Shui Pin Wai Estate and the surrounding area were left without power after an underground cable developed a fault at around 4am on Tuesday. Writing…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}