5361210 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.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/costly-october-disasters-worldwideNatural disasters October saw devastating -- and costly -- natural disasters in different parts of the world; in Thailand, the flooding has impacted 64 of Thailand's 77 provinces, affecting more than 9.9 million people with at least 427 reported dead. Preliminary economic losses have been listed at $9.Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:54:00 +0100homelandsecuritynewswire-fb866f9813d66f439e8c583e941fdaaa20111109195400http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-09/vietnam-flood-toll-tops-100/3656148The death toll from weeks of severe flooding in Vietnam has climbed to 100, the government said on Wednesday, as a fresh deluge in central provinces prompted the evacuation of 30,000 people.Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:48:00 +0100abc-au-999985ca9de75d70258c18f97aec37b120111109134800http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/11/09/60100495.htmlThe death toll from the devastating floods in Vietnam has reached 100 people, including 65 children, local reports say. The largest numbers of victims were reported in the south of the country, where heavy rain had caused the Mekong River to burst its banks.Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:52:00 +0100ruvr-english-9ce698a9f1a51c981d483507ed6ad4b620111109115200http://reliefweb.int/node/458024Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Viet Nam HANOI — The death toll from weeks of severe flooding in Vietnam has climbed to 100, the government said Wednesday, as a fresh deluge in central provinces prompted the evacuation of some 30,000 people. The latest victims, 17 adults and five children,....Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:54:00 +0100reliefWeb-1498f6e1894b32e6f924b74e43d1d30e20111109095400