{
  "id": 648617,
  "title": "Five Upper East Districts face annual crisis from climate change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/five-upper-east-districts-face-annual-crisis-from-climate-change",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:52:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/five-upper-east-districts-face-annual-crisis-from-climate-change/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For six months every year, communities across five districts in Ghana’s Upper East Region face a silent crisis not from floods or storms, but from the slow, creeping devastation of the dry season. As a result, water sources dry up, toilets become unusable, while women spend up to four hours daily just to find water […] The post Five Upper East Districts face annual crisis from climate change…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Climate change no longer just environmental issue; now a humanitarian and security concern – Upper East Regional Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/climate-change-no-longer-just-environmental-issue-now-a-humanitarian",
        "published": "2026-08-12T12:19:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}