34580 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.newrepublic.com/article/122342/2015-year-record-breaking-extreme-weatherT he “ State of the Climate ,” released annually by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, found that 2014 was a record year for extreme weather: the "warmest year across global land and ocean surfaces since records began in 1880." In other words, it was the hottest year ever recorded on Earth.Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:31:00 +0200newrepublic-ebff646864c42a26b23d4bd694f3a40220150722183100http://phys.org/news/2015-07-nasa-southwestern-rainfall.htmlRainfall totals were estimated by IMERG to be over 268 mm (about 10.6 inches) in some areas of California. Credit: NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce. Moisture pumping into southern California and the Desert Southwest from the remnants of hurricane Delores has caused record July rainfall.Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:19:00 +0200phys-931a422866396c5e1fe65cbdb398f6d120150722131900http://www.gizmodo.in/news/Heavy-Rains-Destroy-Major-Freeway-Bridge-In-Southern-California/articleshow/48151977.cms?utm_source=GIZ&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=GIZMODOAreas of Southern California saw rare summer thunderstorms this weekend, with rainfall that broke July records all over the state. So much rainfall, in fact, that flash flooding dislodged a bridge and collapsed a section of the 10 Freeway-the major east-west freeway that links Los Angeles and Phoenix.Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:49:00 +0200gizmodo-in-94d4e6e7104560a5c0d8f8091357cfa120150720234900http://phys.org/news/2015-07-lesson-infrared-tropical-cyclones.htmlNASA's Aqua satellite passed over Typhoon Nangka (left) on July 15 at 12:35 p.m. EDT, Hurricane Dolores at 4:53 p.m. EDT and Tropical Storm Enrique at 6:35 p.m. EDT as the AIRS instrument gathered temperature data. Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is one of several instruments aboard NASA's Aqua satellite.Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:51:00 +0200phys-e62e3667e50bb7cfec83adcffebca26620150720135100