18230 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/2016-01-extra-tropical-alex-north-atlantic.htmlOn Sat. Jan. 16, 2016, NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured a visible image of Post-Tropical Storm Alex showing that the storm's cloud pattern became elongated and now resemble a frontal shape. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. Tropical Storm Alex quickly acquired extra-tropical characteristics late on Jan.Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:59:00 +0100phys-0c2f6c0dc2ec4a35baa955a3f164d97020160119155900http://www.leparisien.fr/environnement/nature/rarissime-la-tempete-alex-se-tranforme-en-ouragan-dans-l-atlantique-14-01-2016-5450911.php#xtor=RSS-1481423633Du jamais vu depuis presque 80 ans au mois de janvier. Ce jeudi, la tempête tropicale Alex a atteint la force d'un ouragan dans l'océan Atlantique, selon l'Agence américaine océanique et atmosphérique (NOAA). L'ouragan se trouve à un peu moins de 800 kilomètres au sud de l'île de Faial, située au....Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:39:00 +0100leparisien-803249c2f573c1befbd511c6de318f2d20160118093900http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3404526/UK-weather-Britain-faces-days-icy-conditions-sub-zero-temperatures.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490Although much of the snow had melted by yesterday evening, Met Office forecaster Charles Powell warned drivers to be ‘aware of the potential for icy roads’. There is a chance of snowfall around Birmingham and Leicester, as well as Lincolnshire and Humberside, according to forecasters.Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:18:00 +0100mailonsunday-79edd5edb4e03e142e262d6bc82c3c9620160118091800http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3404526/UK-weather-Britain-faces-days-icy-conditions-sub-zero-temperatures.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490Although much of the snow had melted by yesterday evening, Met Office forecaster Charles Powell warned drivers to be ‘aware of the potential for icy roads’. There is a chance of snowfall around Birmingham and Leicester, as well as Lincolnshire and Humberside, according to forecasters.Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:09:00 +0100dailymail-79edd5edb4e03e142e262d6bc82c3c9620160118090900