43450 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.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/05/fukushima-nuclear-plant-emergency-radioactive-groundwaterNuclear watchdog warns contaminated groundwater has likely breached underground barrier meant to keep it out of sea Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an "emergency" that the operator is struggling to contain, according to the country's nuclear watchdog.Tue, 06 Aug 2013 05:38:00 +0200guardian-c2ff2b09e7de691d48fcf31c10bc662720130806053800http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/radioactive-water-fukushima-emergencyTOKYO - Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an "emergency" that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said yesterday. This contaminated...Tue, 06 Aug 2013 03:38:00 +0200todayonline-0f981516e826c2241100acdc9c829c9220130806033800http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/216259437/scat/15665b944045da4a47 minutes ago A tsunami that struck the UK in 2011 was caused by a storm roiling the ocean hundreds of miles away, a new study confirms.The "meteotsunami" (or weather-induced tsunami) of June 27, 2011, caused swells on a normally calm estuary on a sunny day, left some people knee-deep in water and....Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:56:00 +0200irishsun-3f27852668b5a038bf649ad190c070b720130806015600http://www.lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101544809/-1/Los_dos_sismos_que_no_se_sintieron_en_la_provincia_de_Esmeraldas.htmlESMERALDAS. De acuerdo con la página oficial del Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional, en los cantones Esmeraldas y Muisne, al sur de la provincia, se reportaron dos sismos que no habrían sido sentidos por la población. El primer temblor de 4,3 grados en la escala de Richter se....Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:01:00 +0200lahora-03531e258fbf079337a08f0891c9860220130806010100