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.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/28/extreme-weather-photos_n_3171709.html Mike Sobota and his wife Patti, are stranded on 288 at the 610 loop, which became flooded after an afternoon downpour in Southwest Houston, Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty) This photo taken Sunday April 7, 2013 and provided by the Del Norte Triplicate shows a 20-foot.... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:02:00 +0200 huffingtonpost-Italia-en en huffingtonpost-Italia-en-bec67648daaa154e91012dc0df4d0427 NaturalDisasters 20130429020200 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/28/extreme-weather-photos_n_3171709.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago Mike Sobota and his wife Patti, are stranded on 288 at the 610 loop, which became flooded after an afternoon downpour in Southwest Houston, Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty) This photo taken Sunday April 7, 2013 and provided by the Del Norte Triplicate shows a 20-foot.... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:56:00 +0200 huffingtonpost-us-en en huffingtonpost-us-en-bec67648daaa154e91012dc0df4d0427 NaturalDisasters 20130429015600 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-04/24/c_132336414.htm MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains and floods have killed 13 people in northern Balkh province with Mazar-e-Sharif as its capital, police said Wednesday. "The natural disaster of flooding hit parts of Sholgara and Kashandi districts last night during which 13 people.... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:04:00 +0200 xinhuanet_en en xinhuanet_en-270b664bdf88a3320f5cb8c8b985699a NaturalDisasters 36.750118 66.897842 20130424090400 http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/idp-news-alert-17-april-2013 Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Country: Afghanistan, Burundi, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda To see this news alert with link to sources, click here News alert 17 April, 2013 In this alert: Sudan: Over 150,000 people forced to flee in Darfur in 2013 Nigeria: 4,500.... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:06:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-08f707426ec73f4625d5a02282208b4f UNbodies NaturalDisasters PeaceKeeping Echo 34.5309 69.136757 -3.3725 29.3561 9.172945 7.179924 15.5501 32.5322 2.04118 45.3441 -1.2702 36.8041 -2.00272421653044 29.9228185553401 0.322805 32.5748 20130417230600 http://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-humanitarian-assistance-programme-hap-weekly-summary-report-4-april Source: International Organization for Migration Country: Afghanistan Reporting Period: 4 April 2013 – 10 April 2013 Donor: OFDA/USAID Submission Date: 10 April 2013 Incidents Update: During the reporting period four natural disaster incidents were reported. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:25:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-1c1616167472bc9da7e048d2b6da54f1 NaturalDisasters 34.5309 69.136757 20130415082500 http://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-maaaf001-annual-report-2012 Source: IFRC Country: Afghanistan This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2012 Overview During the reporting period, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) focused on alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people and communities through contributing to the decline in deaths, injuries.... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:26:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-adf7ed0c89083fc4ab995cc9a81420b3 NaturalDisasters UNbodies FoodSecurityFoodAid PublicHealth Echo 34.5309 69.136757 20130430102600 http://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-earthquake-information-bulletin-no-1-0 Source: IFRC Country: Afghanistan This bulletin is being issued for information only, and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The Afghan Red Crescent Society, with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the.... Thu, 02 May 2013 17:53:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-571597cc73192d0d2a89c64584a955d8 NaturalDisasters Echo 34.5309 69.136757 20130502175300