{
  "id": 8230781,
  "title": "Kuppam’s flowers now wilt by 8 a.m.: El Niño scorches Andhra’s flower basket, cuts output by 40%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/kuppams-flowers-now-wilt-by-8-a-m-el-nino-scorches-andhras-flower",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T10:18:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kuppams-flowers-now-wilt-by-8-am-el-nino-scorches-andhras-flower-basket-cuts-output-by-40/article71479647.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It is September and the heat that came in March has not left Kuppam’s flower belt; flowering is four weeks late, blooms are smaller and lighter, and a half-acre that fetched ₹58,000 last August brings ₹23,000 this year",
  "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."
}