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://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/16/12-deaths-and-27000-displaced-nigeriens-because-of-floods/ Heavy rains and flooding in Niger have killed 12 people and left thousands without homes. Rivers in Niamey and the extended regions have risen and destroyed thousands of houses. In the region, land degradation and cultivation of marginal land increase the risk that extreme events can develop into natural disasters. Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:03:00 +0200 globalvoicesonline en globalvoicesonline-fb9f5372757d23d04a8236777c97529c NaturalDisasters 13.5110122599974 2.13506463341254 9.90867117762878 5.60272139612571 4.80615404188975 6.5077146882709 20140817040300 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/16/12-deaths-and-27000-displaced-nigeriens-because-of-floods/ Heavy rains and flooding in Niger have killed 12 people and left thousands without homes. Rivers in Niamey and the extended regions have risen and destroyed thousands of houses. In the region, land degradation and cultivation of marginal land increase the risk that extreme events can develop into natural disasters. Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:24:00 +0200 globalvoicesonline en globalvoicesonline-373779bbdc687a812edd85be22488a96 NaturalDisasters 13.5110122599974 2.13506463341254 9.90867117762878 5.60272139612571 4.80615404188975 6.5077146882709 20140816192400 http://www.afrik.com/innondations-au-niger-12-morts?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20afrikfr%20%28Afrik%20VF%29 Douze personnes ont péri dans des inondations au Niger, survenus en juin dernier. Ces fortes intempéries ont fait près de 27 000 sinistrés, selon les autorités nigériennes. Le Niger est classé parmi les pays les pauvres du monde. Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:05:00 +0200 afrik fr afrik-ce6f992752e59e1084aea0de4c0aae7d NaturalDisasters 13.5142 2.12039 31.3525303545421 34.9673005529651 9.90867117762878 5.60272139612571 31.52425 34.445808 20140813110500