22700 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.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hurricane-paul-weakens-near-mexicoMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Paul was weakening rapidly as it neared a sparsely populated area of Mexico's Baja peninsula, while Hurricane Rafael was expected to pass Bermuda in the Atlantic, the U.S. [More]Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:58:00 +0200scientificamerican-42917782bb05c71c14f7e795523a5a7720121018145800http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/10/17/Rafael-degenerates-to-extratropical-cyclone/UPI-36301350472697/MIAMI, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Hurricane Rafael degenerated to an extratropical cyclone Wednesday with no coastal watches or warnings in effect.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:00:00 +0200upi-4b473efd9abcad3bb2f2314823fb2e7920121018090000http://bermudasun.bm/Main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=61101The Emergency Measures organization has advised residents that Bermuda is under a Tropical Storm Watch on Sunday.Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:51:00 +0200bermudasun-ac19a0285bbecf601dcde0d51e87d63120121017205100http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Hurricane-Rafael-spares-BermudaBRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) Bermuda was spared the wrath of Hurricane Rafael as it passed east of the island Tuesday night.Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:41:00 +0200jamaicaobserver-6e212786fbb1e5698a59614c9831b2aa20121017194100