53340 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.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/06/21/environment/much-little-water-crises-abound/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20japantimes%20%28The%20Japan%20Times:%20All%20Stories%29After creeping slowly northward for weeks, the rainy season finally hit Tokyo earlier this month. And rain it has. For days on end the rain ...Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:40:00 +0200japantimes-c570abf4438a32fdfe9bd2205f11cea720140621164000http://www.ecns.cn/2014/06-16/119113.shtmlSouth China's Fujian Province has relocated about 28,000 offshore staff to get them out of the path of the approaching tropical storm Hagibis, said provincial authorities on Sunday. The provincial weather bureau sounded the first typhoon alarm on Saturday morning.Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:54:00 +0200chinanewscom-b3831933dbac25d64f9bc830a80f89d420140616035400http://www.ecns.cn/2014/06-16/119117.shtmlChina initiated emergency response measures on Sunday as Hagibis, the first typhoon this year, is expected to make landfall on the country's east coast on Sunday. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters asked local authorities in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Hainan provinces to....Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:54:00 +0200chinanewscom-3197010a7b810c7c9a9060db22fe01eb20140616035400http://article.wn.com/view/2014/06/16/NC_should_make_wise_water_decisions_in_times_of_plenty/SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a drought emergency in California as the state struggles with the least amount of rainfall in its 153-year history, reservoir levels fall and firefighters remain on high alert. "We are in an unprecedented, very serious situation," said Brown, who....Mon, 16 Jun 2014 02:49:00 +0200palestinewater-29155ac7eaf5c244535c5fe038b4b5bf20140616024900