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.rte.ie/news/2013/0812/467631-typhoon-utor-philippines/ A powerful typhoon has hit the Philippines, triggering landslides and floods. At least one person has died and 13 fishermen are reported missing. Typhoon Utor, packing winds of 150kph near its centre and gusts of up to 185kph, regained strength as it moved out of northern Luzon island towards the South China Sea. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:48:00 +0200 RTERadio en RTERadio-7db642c6d28890757e888a9dacaf7f78 NaturalDisasters 6.517152 126.093399 35.2086 110.727 20130812134800 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-13/atlantic-hurricane-season-may-spark-to-life-next-week-after-lull.html The Atlantic hurricane season is about to enter its most active phase as conditions for the powerful storms improve across the basin. Wind shear that can tear budding storms apart has been decreasing, said Dan Kottlowski , an expert senior meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:37:00 +0200 bloomberg en bloomberg-23e69c9dd2f661885fdd9ed10d0036d4 NaturalDisasters 40.790699 -77.863586 20130813203700 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-13/atlantic-hurricane-season-may-spark-to-life-next-week-after-lull.html The Atlantic hurricane season is about to enter its most active phase as conditions for the powerful storms improve across the basin. Wind shear that can tear budding storms apart has been decreasing, said Dan Kottlowski , an expert senior meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:04:00 +0200 bloomberg en bloomberg-9d5a7ae16398c95c1242c1be12ad35ab NaturalDisasters 40.790699 -77.863586 20130813190400 http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/08/18/13/labuyo-death-toll-now-11 MANILA – The death toll from typhoon "Labuyo" has climbed to 11, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. Sun, 18 Aug 2013 07:43:00 +0200 abs-cbnnews en abs-cbnnews-c1e3fbe90b83bd23abf5814de7a208ed NaturalDisasters 20130818074300