{
  "id": 6250952,
  "title": "El Niño impact: Paddy area in Andhra’s Vizianagaram falls from 1 lakh hectares to 20,760",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/el-nino-impact-paddy-area-in-andhras-vizianagaram-falls-from-1-lakh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T07:19:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/el-nino-impact-paddy-area-in-andhras-vizianagaram-falls-from-1-lakh-hectares-to-20760/article71441147.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Twenty-four of the district’s 27 mandals record a shortfall, canals in Cheepurupalli dry up for want of releases from Thotapalli, and the joint director asks farmers to shift to crops that need less water",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}