311910 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.dw.de/poor-disaster-management-makes-india-and-pakistan-vulnerable/a-18032793?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdfFrom a "severe tropical cyclone," Nilofar abated to "severe" by Friday, October 31. The Arabian Sea storm is moving north-eastwards towards the western Indian state of Gujarat and the southern coastline of Pakistan with a wind speed of 70-80 kilometers per hour. The cyclone is expected make landfall by Friday night.Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:53:00 +0100deutschewelle-en-26cc0982a0e033937a95952c3b912ca820141031175300http://nation.com.pk/karachi/31-Oct-2014/nilofar-won-t-even-touch-karachi?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online%2F24hours-news+%28The+Nation+%3A+Latest+News%29KARACHI - Pakistan Meteorological Department has claimed that Karachi is out of danger from the threat of tropical cyclone Nilofar as it was weakening gradually and is expected to move towards Indian coastal belt after covering a distance of 250 kilometers from Karachi.Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:00:00 +0100nation-b85169d59eb6ac8db73ff02f3246799e20141030200000http://tribune.com.pk/story/783135/drains-clogged-as-cyclone-approaches/KARACHI: Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Khan Durani faced a lot of flak for making light of Cyclone Nilofar in an assembly session, but the city administration doesn’t seem to be taking the situation very seriously either. Despite directions from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority....Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:37:00 +0100tribune-8a1876afc488303bc0095d529e92900920141029223700http://phys.org/news/2014-10-nasa-tropical-cyclone-nilofar-affected.htmlWind shear has kicked in and has been pushing clouds and showers away from Tropical Cyclone Nilofar's center. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image that showed the effects of the shear on Oct. 29.Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:24:00 +0100phys-ef2fdd2bbfc70c18c8765ee34a6253f720141029212400