{
  "id": 5633138,
  "title": "El Niño set to bring warmer spring to NZ and Australia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/el-nino-set-to-bring-warmer-spring-to-nz-and-australia",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-04T19:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-el-nio-warmer-nz-australia.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "El Niño is firmly established and will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, with major impacts on rainfall and temperature patterns and associated risks of floods, drought and extreme heat, according to a new update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).",
  "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."
}