{
  "id": 667767,
  "title": "Amid Drought, Hundreds of French Rivers Are Drying Up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/amid-drought-hundreds-of-french-rivers-are-drying-up",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yale Environment 360",
    "slug": "yale-environment-360",
    "url": "https://e360.yale.edu/digest/france-small-rivers-drought"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An ongoing drought in Europe has sapped French rivers. Officials say that 43 percent of small waterways in France have been partially or completely dried up. Read more on E360 →",
  "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."
}