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Proof: California braces for record El Niño storms as governor declares emergency

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-21T19:41:03Z","headline":"California braces for record El Niño storms as governor declares emergency","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/california-el-nino-storm-state-of-emergency","v":1}

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6c612f3cc66e91cadd95df00da516a8b7c4a5fa3461a449573384913b7c15ce2

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6c612f3cc66e.json prints 6c612f3cc66e91cadd95df00da516a8b7c4a5fa3461a449573384913b7c15ce2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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