27120 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.startribune.com/1-missing-in-japan-floods-as-heavy-rain-overflows-rivers/326186341/As heavy rain pummeled Japan for a second straight day, the Kinugawa River broke through a flood berm, sending a tsunami-like sea of water into Joso, a city about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Japan's capital. Rescue workers used helicopters to pluck out residents, while others waved cloths....Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:38:00 +0200startribune-87c67069471354891ed6cd4bb7a9e4c320150910073800http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/missing-japan-floods-heavy-rain-overflows-rivers-33649037Floodwaters poured through a small city north of Tokyo on Thursday, stranding residents who waved for help from second floor balconies and their roofs. As heavy rain pummeled Japan for a second straight day, the Kinugawa River broke through a flood berm, sending a tsunami-like sea of water into....Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:36:00 +0200ABCnews-08735080647b1200e0234578254fdfb820150910073600http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/10/japan-floods-spark-evacuations-of-thousands-from-townsTens of thousands of people were ordered to flee homes across Japan on Thursday as heavy rain pounded the country, sending radiation-tainted waters into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Waist-high floods in some areas left rescuers scrambling to pluck people to safety as a wide area was deluged in the wake of Typhoon Etau.Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:35:00 +0200guardian-229b12c15920c70897d5ee817273061b20150910073500http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/688232/floods-spark-evacuations-as-japan-is-delugedTens of thousands of people were ordered to flee homes across Japan on Thursday as heavy rain pounded the country, sending radiation-tainted waters into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Waist-high floods in some areas left rescuers scrambling to pluck people to safety as a wide area was deluged in the wake of Typhoon Etau.Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:18:00 +0200BangkokPost-9ed20a75079ea293cceae58ade64883620150910071800