3910 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.caribbean360.com/news/bermuda_news/623668.htmlPuerto Rico and Bermuda are being warned to brace for impact as Rafael intensifies.Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:12:00 +0200caribbean360-5ae0b8a0c0c39fcef4c33617f358d51020121015171200http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/flood-fear-as-storm-hits-caribbean-570483.htmlTropical Storm Rafael has lashed the eastern Caribbean with heavy rains which are expected to unleash floods on islands around the region.Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:20:00 +0200breakingnews-ie-b99e0afeb120ef624e1455c5ae19181c20121014122000http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/10/13/Rafael-stays-strong-Paul-born-in-Pacific/UPI-98151350154588/MIAMI, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Rafael swept across the Caribbean Saturday night, while Tropical Storm Paul formed in the Pacific off the Mexican coast, U.S. forecasters said.Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:20:00 +0200upi-a71d9b01d61c10629ecd0d93a62ada4120121014042000http://www.herald.ie/breaking-news/world-news/flood-fear-as-storm-hits-caribbean-3257895.htmlTropical Storm Rafael has lashed the eastern Caribbean with heavy rains which are expected to unleash floods on islands around the region.Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:49:00 +0200herald-ie-77735608aa834968589c1475f43bd80420121014024900