693570 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.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/1085596/monster-typhoon-meranti-heads-for-taiwanTAIPEI - Clocking sustained wind speeds of 295 kph, Super Typhoon Meranti, the strongest storm of 2016, us forecast to graze Taiwan on Wednesday before barreling into China. The monster storm is the strongest recorded since 2013, when Super Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 6,000 people with a massive wave surge in the Philippines.Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:22:00 +0200BangkokPost-004e4207cc630708f2bfdb0ce2e4b0c020160914002200http://www.ibtimes.com/super-typhoon-meranti-update-taiwan-hong-kong-mainland-china-japan-path-monster-2415568Taiwan and mainland China were in the path of a monster tropical cyclone Tuesday night that was expected to bring heavy rains and gusts of up to 225 mph. The massive Super Typhoon Meranti grew from a Category 1 equivalent storm to a top-scale Category 5 seemingly overnight, bringing winds of 185 mph....Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:22:00 +0200ibtimes-6de6e1100cabbc88dc84be0a140c7b9c20160914002200http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/pictures-of-prosperity-contrast-with-hardships-in-north-korea-1.3760198?cmp=rssNorth Korea hit by worst flooding in over 70 years. Flooding in the northeast from heavy rain killed 133 people while 395 are missing. As many as 107,000 others have been displaced while upwards of 35,000 homes and other critical infrastructure were destroyed, according to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:04:00 +0200CBC-e8ab7bae78dfd5567816b2b7849a2b3120160914000400http://www.uniradioinforma.com/noticias/internacional/436395/supertifon-meranti-amenaza-con-golpear-a-taiwan-y-el-sur-de-china.htmlBeijing, 13 Sep (Notimex).- El tifón Meranti, que se fortaleció hoy en el océano Pacífico para convertirse en un supertifón, amenaza con golpear mañana miércoles a Taiwán y después el sur de China, por lo que las autoridades ya emitieron una alerta. Meranti, convertido hasta ahora en el tifón más....Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:03:00 +0200uniradioinforma-5eff90c712377d1167b7b72e3d0e33c820160914000300