6210 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.smh.com.au/environment/water-issues/the-silver-lining-a-land-recharged-20120310-1ur5q.htmlTHOUSANDS of people have been forced from their homes, countless crops and livestock have been lost, and the NSW government estimates it will cost more than $500 million to repair ruined infrastructure.Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:54:00 +0100smh-d5d8ec73e9489319a825b6e88aaef90320120310145400http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10791007&ref=rssThe misery of flood-stricken New South Wales and Victoria will continue for weeks as waters continue to surge down major river systems with warnings of more heavy rain next month.Evacuation orders and warnings were in place yesterday...Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:26:00 +0100nzherald-5cd2095f0c23515d3dc103323245643420120309182600http://reliefweb.int/node/481644Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Country: Australia The Lachlan River was expected to peak at Forbes overnight as flooding continued across southern and central-western New South Wales. Elsewhere, more communities were ordered to evacuate their homes on Thursday afternoon as the Murrumbidgee River also kept rising.Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0100reliefWeb-b727ba2c16ffbfaf847b9c0d6e18387620120308190000http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-07/floods-spread-in-new-south-wales-after-most-rain-in-38-years.htmlFloodwaters spread in New South Wales , cutting the town of Forbes in three, as Australia’s most populous state was hit by the most rain in 38 years last week. Evacuation orders are in place in Griffith, a town of about 25,000 people 613 kilometers (381 miles) west of Sydney and in Forbes, a town....Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:23:00 +0100bloomberg-e4636d1ab5c9fe198f1468a8c478584320120308072300