577780 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.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/japan-braces-for-powerful-typhoon-vongfong/story-e6frfkui-1227086440780?from=public_rssWEATHER authorities are warning of high waves and strong winds in wide areas of Japan as another powerful typhoon is on course to strike the archipelago. VONGFONG, the 19th typhoon of the season, was expected to hit southern Japanese islands over the weekend, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:52:00 +0200news_com_au-48a6e432b9f6cb93a864ee8b88dd162a20141010055200http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/more-world-stories/story/whats-typhoons-name-20141010October 10, 2014 7:08 AM Typhoon Phanfone slammed into Japan last weekend, killing seven, injuring more than 60 and leaving at least four missing.Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:25:00 +0200straitstimesSG-9084ffea202c9187976209b556a4140a20141010012500http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/08/world/asia/typhoon-vongfong-japan/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20rss/cnn_latest%20%28RSS:%20Most%20Recent%29The Center has recorded sustained winds of 155 knots (178 mph) and gusts up to 190 knots (219 mph), with wave height reaching 50 feet. It is expected to intensify to 305 km/h (190 mph) in the coming hours. Sustained winds of over 150 mph classify a tropical storm as a super typhoon.Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:27:00 +0200cnn-d9596f198b2b773bda6912367dd25b3520141009232700http://rt.com/news/194628-supertyphoon-vongfong-strongest-storm/As of Thursday Vongfong winds were as strong as 105 knots (194.46 km/h) and gust up to 150 knots (277.8 km/h), with wave height reaching 15.25 m. It is expected to be to 260 km/h in the coming days. Typhoons graduate to 'super' status when winds reach 150 mph (241 km/h).Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:24:00 +0200rt-ec13ae72a8049a68c431d52dbbd3cec620141009202400