294130 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.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/extensions-and-block-paving-blamed-for-birmingham-floods/ar-AAh0N5KThe rapid increase in block paved drives, tree felling and large house extensions have been blamed for contributing to the massive floods which hit Birmingham. The loss of front and back gardens uphill of the flood area has reduced natural drainage forcing more water to run into high risk areas, according to Perry Barr councillor Jon Hunt.Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:41:00 +0200msn-uk-c270dffb062ddd4f744fc46e87bdf72520160614104100http://www.dw.com/de/die-perfekte-welle/a-19328172Faszination Meer. Der Ozean - unendliche Weiten. Der Atlantik, der Pazifik und der Indische Ozean bedecken zusammen rund 71 Prozent der Erdoberfläche. Von den geschätzten knapp einer Million Tier- und Pflanzenarten in den Weltmeeren wurden bisher erst rund 226.000 beschrieben. Eine besondere Faszination üben auch Wellen mit ihren Schaumkronen aus.Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:10:00 +0200deutschewelle-de-33f3d5188f9e226eb07146accf193f4e20160614101000http://www.dw.com/en/the-perfect-wave/a-19328154Fascinating waters. The Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean together cover about 71 percent of the earth's surface. There are an estimated one million species of plants and animals in the world's seas, with just 226,000 of them having been described thus far. And then there are the rising masses of water topped with white foam.Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:02:00 +0200deutschewelle-en-9c4d0d9c2bfb552a1b3bb2c6a0bacb4c20160614100200http://www.addiyar.com/article/1186215-%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%b1-%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%88-%d9%82%d9%81%d8%b2-%d8%ac%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b9-%d8%b3%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%b6-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%88%d9%82%d8%aa-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%afقد يبدو سؤالًا غريبًا، لكن إجابته منطقية جدًا وصادمة جدًا! تخيّل أن جميع سكان الأرض والبالغ عددهم نحو 7 مليار شخص قفزوا في ذات اللحظة؟ بالتأكيد سيكون هناك تأثير كبير! إنْ قفز الجميع وفي ذات اللحظة، فسترتد جميع الأقدام على الأرض مرة واحدة أي في نفس الوقت، حيث ستنبعث من الجميع طاقة هائلة، بعض الطاقة....Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:53:00 +0200charlesayoub-681b0b570defc9e1d680e5a70d569aeb20160614095300