7971050 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.voanews.com/a/jeh-johnson-to-survey-louisiana-flooding-response/3470112.htmlU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is due to survey recovery efforts in the southern state of Louisiana Thursday where unprecedented flooding has left at least 13 people dead. The floods around Baton Rouge came from record-breaking rains of more than 75 centimeters that began last week. An estimated 40,000 homes have been damaged.Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:49:00 +0200voanews-b3fe335944e6dd0d2227d16c07d3739420160818114900https://www.yahoo.com/news/tropical-storm-fiona-getting-stronger-atlantic-093244996.html?ref=gsMIAMI (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fiona is getting a little stronger as it moves across the Atlantic. The storm's maximum sustained winds early Thursday have increased to near 45 mph (75 kph). Additional strengthening is possible Thursday followed by slow weakening by the weekend.Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:48:00 +0200news-yahoo-ac981c2edec3f8a1c0932098d0f2609920160818114800http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/tropical-storm-fiona-getting-stronger-in-the-atlantic/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_allMIAMI (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fiona is getting a little stronger as it moves across the Atlantic. The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Thursday have increased to near 45 mph (75 kph). Additional strengthening is possible Thursday followed by slow weakening by the weekend.Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:41:00 +0200seattletimes-6be2d56dca5238e7fb1e512282f718ae20160818114100http://www.wsoctv.com/news/south-carolina/tropical-storm-fiona-getting-stronger-in-the-atlantic/425448262MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fiona is getting a little stronger as it moves across the Atlantic. The storm's maximum sustained winds early Thursday have increased to near 45 mph (75 kph). Additional strengthening is possible Thursday followed by slow weakening by the weekend.Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:41:00 +0200wsoctv-0e5a1de963330f9de580c6c6e6fb65ce20160818114100