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  "id": 809991,
  "title": "Heavy rain soaks eastern Japan, prompting highest-level warning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/heavy-rain-soaks-eastern-japan-prompting-highest-level-warning-809991",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T19:20:04.000Z",
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  "summary": "Torrential rain pummeled eastern Japan on Thursday, triggering landslides and power outages and prompting the weather authority to issue its highest-level heavy rain warning for the region for the first time.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Heavy rain soaks eastern Japan, prompting highest-level warning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/heavy-rain-soaks-eastern-japan-prompting-highest-level-warning",
        "published": "2026-08-13T14:02:06.000Z"
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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."
}