390170 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.guardian.co.uk/environment/terra-india/2013/jun/24/india-floods-himalayasCataclysmic floods in the northern state of Uttarakhand are reminder India must act to save its fragile mountains Natural disasters often follow a predictable path in India. A flood or an earthquake happens every few years, the government blames the vagaries of nature, the right sympathetic noises....Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:44:00 +0200guardian-29f4143f784e159afe25f23f6ef80c4e20130624134400http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/215394108/scat/2411cd3571b4f088Indian troops and rescue workers are battling to help 50,000 people still trapped in the Himalayan foothills after massive monsoons triggered devastating flooding and landslides. The Indian media has reported that up to 14,000 could still be unaccounted for and that the death toll of the "Himalayan tsunami" of around 150 people could .Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:24:00 +0200irishsun-101a1d269478fc1183e5a6b775b7a83620130624132400http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=77044Posted at 08:08 on 24 June, 2013 UTC. The Tongan Broadcasting Commission is looking for donors to help it print 9 thousand copies of a book about the impact of the 2009 earthquake and tsunami on the people of Nuiatoputapu. The book, Niuatoputapu Tsunami, documents the experiences of survivors of....Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0200rnzi-cf8c167a262d9f33568faf9db8df2eed20130624110000http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2013/201306/news23/20130623-17ee.htmlPyongyang, June 23 (KCNA) -- A 2.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in the waters 19 km northeast of Ochong Island in Kunsan, North Jolla Province Saturday, according to south Korean KBS. An earthquake was also reported from almost the same area on Friday. From June 5 earthquakes measuring 2.1-2.Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:48:00 +0200kcna-77bf5a98c9ed7b8e22268ea31c70cafc20130624104800