{
  "id": 9108516,
  "title": "SA warned to brace for ‘unprecedented’ El Niño, record heat, drought and flood risks loom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/sa-warned-to-brace-for-unprecedented-el-nino-record-heat-drought-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-22T07:18:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/weather/sa-unprecedented-el-nino-record-heat-drought-flood/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of becoming a very strong event.",
  "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."
}