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  "title": "‘It’s here’: South Africa faces potentially record-breaking El Niño",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/its-here-south-africa-faces-potentially-record-breaking-el-nino",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T14:12:31.000Z",
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