26140 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.ibtimes.com/nepal-landslide-blocks-river-raises-fears-flood-reaching-india-1936128KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali authorities urged thousands of villagers on Sunday to move to safety after a landslide likely triggered by recent earthquakes blocked a river, raising fears of a devastating flash flood, officials said. The landslide at Ramche village in Myagdi district, about 140 km (90....Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:38:00 +0200ibtimes-45d448d50953f0b72ce7044f1029a1a320150701103800http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/thousands-of-people-killed-by-extreme-weather-so-far-in-2015-as-climate-change-feared-to-bring-more-heatwaves-hurricanes-and-floods-in-future-10345883.htmlThousands of people have been killed by extreme weather so far this year and now scientists fear a weather event will cause droughts, wildfires, flooding, landslides and food shortages. Australian scientists have warned of a “substantial” that started in May.Wed, 01 Jul 2015 03:09:00 +0200independent-UK-3f54855817dbf52299dda03c1bf04e1820150701030900http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elliott-negin/think-todays-refugee-cris_b_7691330.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=WorldPostLast year was the worst year on record for refugees. The number of people fleeing war and persecution jumped to nearly 60 million, the highest figure since the United Nations' refugee agency began keeping records 50 years ago, and that doesn't even include people driven from their homes by poverty, gang violence or natural disasters.Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:31:00 +0200huffingtonpost-us-en-557d6de9c2b08ce832c84a0c65108f8d20150630163100http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elliott-negin/think-todays-refugee-cris_b_7691330.htmlLast year was the worst year on record for refugees. The number of people fleeing war and persecution jumped to nearly 60 million, the highest figure since the United Nation's refugee agency began keeping records 50 years ago, and that doesn't even include people driven from their homes by poverty, gang violence or natural disasters.Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:30:00 +0200huffingtonpost-us-en-3d57bad15df69106aa6aaf3d23a971c920150630153000