299710 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://news.yahoo.com/heavy-flooding-philippine-typhoon-death-toll-climbs-9-035322294.htmlManila (AFP) - Rain-soaked residents in the rural Philippines huddled on rooftops Wednesday after Typhoon Melor caused heavy flooding and killed at least nine people, authorities said. A barrage of rain in the capital Manila on Tuesday night submerged some roads and caused traffic chaos, although....Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:30:00 +0100news-yahoo-99a395a33ee6f297801b7fc13bfd7dc220151216083000http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/197161-heavy-flooding-as-philippine-typhoon-death-toll-climbs-to-9Rain-soaked residents in the rural Philippines huddled on rooftops Wednesday after Typhoon Melor caused heavy flooding and killed at least 9 people, authorities said. A barrage of rain in the capital Manila on Tuesday night submerged some roads and caused traffic chaos, although flooding in the....Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:26:00 +0100naharnet-en-b93ce2f98648d1c2ab01bf9486aa61df20151216082600http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/CM-issues-audio-clip-to-boost-morale-of-states-flood-victims/articleshow/50199789.cmsCHENNAI: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday chose Whatsapp to make an emotive statement expressing anguish for the sufferings of flood-affected people and said her government would re-establish that it was well capable of overcoming natural calamities.Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:10:00 +0100timesofindia-a3cce5ff9775775101987133ab8ce7ca20151216081000http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/16/us/california-methane-gas-leak/index.html?eref=rss_latestThe utility vows it's working around the clock to stop the leak, first reported on October 23. Relief wells and no-fly zones. The gas company's prime focus now, after other failed capping attempts, is drilling a relief well, a process that will take months.Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:02:00 +0100cnn-69b3059990d8fb1475fd4da0a53261d620151216080200