31130 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://phys.org/news/2015-09-nasa-rapidscat-typhoon-krovanh-tightly.htmlRapidScat analyzed Krovanh's surface winds on Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. EDT and found the strongest winds near 30 meters per second (67 mph/108 kph) around the center of circulation. Credit: NASA JPL, Doug Tyler. The RapidScat instrument aboard the International Space Station gathered surface wind data on....Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:08:00 +0200phys-5198a1f66ea6878b86de166383516b3120150918170800http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/284502/typhoon-krovanh-set-to-miss-cnmiThe Northern Marianas looks likely to be spared the brunt of Typhoon Krovanh if the system follows its projected path over the next few days. Krovanh which has wind speeds of over 120 kilometres per hour is expected to head northwest today and then north on Friday taking it away from CNMI, towards Japan.Thu, 17 Sep 2015 06:57:00 +0200rnzi-2e76e70bdcca25799479b9876ffdf56d20150917065700http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/September/09-17-12.htmKorvanh could become typhoon by Thursday. By Maria Hernandez. HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News, Sept. 16, 2015) – A tropical storm watch is in effect for some islands in the Northern Mariana Islands chain, according to the National Weather Service. No watches or warnings are in effect for Guam, said Weather Service meteorologist Landon Aydlett.Thu, 17 Sep 2015 05:18:00 +0200pidp-6adbfc312039e9ba27ecdf9d0f7fb22820150917051800http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/284489/cnmi-under-typhoon-watchA typhoon watch has been issued for the Northern Marianas with winds expected to reach speeds of over 100 kilometres an hour later today. Tropical Storm Krovanh which is expected to intensify into a typhoon is threatening the Northern Islands of Alamagan, Pagan and Agrihan.Thu, 17 Sep 2015 04:55:00 +0200rnzi-94ecd4df697a654a6749d0d45cb52af120150917045500