150100GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Image: Southern Darfur region of Sudan, just south of the city of Nyalahttp://phys.org/news/2014-10-image-southern-darfur-region-sudan.htmlThis image from Korea's Kompsat-2 satellite on 8 February 2013 shows an area in the southern Darfur region of Sudan, just south of the city of Nyala.Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:52:00 +0200phys-bc6f1364f55e72bd63f304a7c65a901620141010155200Severe Weather Forecast: Flood Threat...http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/severe-weather-tracker-pageThe radar map above focuses on the most likely areas for severe weather and/or flash flooding. Maps update every five minutes; refresh this page for the latest image. For radar and watch/warning information in other areas of the country, click on the links below.Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:20:00 +0200climate-weather-bd73318e751a233797d91f9d9b69c83020141009052000NASA's GPM satellite's find before Hurricane Simon was caught rapidly intensifyinghttp://phys.org/news/2014-10-nasa-gpm-satellite-hurricane-simon.htmlHurricane Simon appeared to be keeping a secret before it rapidly intensified on Oct. 4, but the Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM satellite was able uncover it.Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:09:00 +0200phys-a7b3b8eba22b45811cc2f948ebfc043620141009000900Severe Weather Forecast: Flood Threat Spreads From Desert Southwest to Mississippi and Ohio Valleyshttp://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/severe-weather-tracker-pageFor a second straight day, severe thunderstorms spawned tornadoes, hail and damaging winds Tuesday. An EF1 tornado tore through a part of the city of Paris, Kentucky, pulling a woman out of her home. Damage surveys by National Weather Service meteorologists may confirm additional tornadoes. Hail up to baseball size accompanied these storms.Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:05:00 +0200climate-weather-8489dad54d4683a7581171e5d29424c220141008210500