73130 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-wilmington/weather-history-august-18-record-temps-storms-tornadoes-tropics-flooding1925 During the late morning hours a severe hailstorm struck southeastern Iowa; completely destroying crops along a path 6 to 10 miles wide and 75 miles long. The hail also injured and killed poultry and livestock, and caused a total of $2.5 million dollars damage.Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:24:00 +0200antiguanews-dcd2a7d77018bf3805c74cf9cc695a9820110818142400http://www.examiner.com/weather-history-in-national/weather-history-august-18-record-temps-storms-tropics-tornadoes-flooding1917 The high temperature in Death Valley, CA was 119. This ended a record streak of 43 consecutive days with the high temperature 120 or hotter. 1924 9.4 inches of rain fell at Cannington, Somerset England setting the August rainfall record for the United Kingdom.Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:32:00 +0200antiguanews-28ffa1ced6ead6bf461f86d9bd3a391020110818053200http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2011/8/17/40619/Tropical-wave-brings-scattered-showers-thunderstormsSanto Domingo.- Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue resulting from the humidity associated to an active tropical wave, mostly Wednesday afternoon.Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:40:00 +0200dominicantoday-0689da23db9eb925ba93babe04ea8d0b20110817224000http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2011/aug/08/weatherwatch-cyclone-storms-heatwaveTropical storm Emily swept across the Caribbean last week, causing disruption throughout the Lesser Antilles before brushing Hispaniola. Heavy rains hit the island with a reported 528mm falling in Neiba in the Dominican Republic last Friday, where severe flooding and mudslides left three people dead and displaced over 7,000.Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:49:00 +0200antiguanews-6a8b3e365452be4ffd1481f52eb22a4d20110809104900