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://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/maude-barlow/2015/03/this-world-water-day-recovery-plan-more-important-ever?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rabble-news+%28rabble.ca+-+News+for+the+rest+of+us%29 Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. More information on Maude Barlow can be found at: www.canadians.org/Maude This World Water Day, a recovery plan is more important than ever. Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:06:00 +0100 rabble en rabble-dad947780d06f7d00499f1a517087cd3 UNSecretaryGeneral Environment UNbodies NaturalDisasters FoodSecurityFoodAid ClimateChange Society AlternativeEnergy Ecology 50.7346 7.09982 12.1041 15.0505 -5.83333 -37.45 20150323140600 http://reliefweb.int/report/world/wmo-statement-status-global-climate-2014 The report gave details of national and regional temperatures and precipitation, tropical cyclones, sea level rise and sea ice extent. It included an analysis from the Met Office in the United Kingdom on the human influence on climate, which significantly increased the likelihood of the observed.... Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:32:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-9ada6121bb3e268e98fcfb8ce294c3a5 PublicHealth Environment NaturalDisasters ClimateChange -34.444061 -59.66713 39.652828 -93.239929 45.3742 -75.6507 -25.9622 32.5737 9.02274 38.7468 37.97895 -121.261002 28.5687 77.2168 -35.3499 149.042 35.2086 110.727 -24.6328411286264 -51.6294772546357 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 -25.3051 -57.6219 23.7099 90.4071 -28.9972870207938 25.0892288944874 64.6272593107728 -152.920097083281 34.015 -6.83272 44.802416 20.465601 33.718151 73.060547 40.3941 -97.202103 51.4879 -0.177998 -6.17486 35.738171 2.04118 45.3441 45.8071 15.9644 -1.2702 36.8041 20150323103200 http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/03/23/09/07/security-guard-forced-to-flee-indoor-tsunami A security guard in Brazil was unexpectedly confronted with a wall of water after a flash flood swept through an underground car park. The guard was strolling through the car park in Sao Paulo last Thursday when the huge torrent came gushing from around a corner, sending the man running for safety. Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:48:00 +0100 9news en 9news-f8461510e955883b93361af4817637ed NaturalDisasters -22.2643735940895 -48.7317752764727 20150322234800 http://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/473489--state-of-emergency-declared-as-brazils-acre-river-swells By Ben Tavener. SAO PAULO Brazil's Acre River has swelled to historic levels, forcing more than 7,000 residents from their homes, the local fire department in the capital of Acre state, Rio Branco, reported Tuesday. A total of 75,000 people have now been affected by the flood, emergency services said. Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:36:00 +0100 aa-en en aa-en-73e6cf4b872f4d49a68cd5360b6129cf Echo NaturalDisasters 4.63022 -74.080513 -10.65736 -68.521004 -11.016944 -68.745556 -16.7090871781643 -64.6651572547587 -9.97858 -67.811836 -5.06310752965944 -78.0933091454259 -22.2643735940895 -48.7317752764727 20150303223600