{
  "id": 6607624,
  "title": "How atmospheric events at the top of the world could have triggered two devastating California floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/how-atmospheric-events-at-the-top-of-the-world-could-have-triggered",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-atmospheric-events-world-triggered-devastating.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In early 2017 and 2023, California experienced two catastrophic and record-breaking floods that caused billions of dollars in damage, triggered mudslides and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Why this happened left scientists scratching their heads. Both disasters struck during La Niña conditions, which normally bring drier-than-normal weather to California.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}