54170 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.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2016/09/the_killer_hurricane_of_1947.htmlHurricanes didn't start getting names in the United States until 1953, so the big storm of 1947 doesn't have an iconic name to recall. At one point a Category 5 storm, it killed at least 51 people on its path through the Bahamas, Florida, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:18:00 +0200nola-317a69dc808450b6a292219d2d9e9f2b20160919161800http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2016/09/19/se-forma-huracan-paine-en-este-del-pacificoEl huracán Paine se formó el lunes al oeste de la costa mexicana del Pacífico, indicó el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos, que esperaba una rápida pérdida de fuerza del meteoro. Los vientos sostenidos máximos de Paine se acercaban el lunes de madrugada a los 121 kilómetros por hora (75 millas por hora).Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:46:00 +0200laprensagrafica-a40faf3d46bd96663b0e3e34674924bd20160919154600http://www.wmur.com/news/grafton-county-declared-natural-disaster-area-amid-drought/41728154The United States Department of Agriculture has designated New Hampshire's Grafton County as a natural disaster area due to crop losses caused by extreme drought conditions. “Our hearts go out to those New Hampshire farmers and ranchers affected by recent natural disasters,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:24:00 +0200wmur-8c82c198c56d89b9140f2664c6967d5620160919152400http://www.lafranceagricole.fr/actualites/gestion-et-droit/libre-echange-les-allemands-dans-la-rue-contre-le-ttip-1,0,2666590935.htmlDans un pays où la population est largement hostile à ce traité en cours de négociation entre les États-Unis et l’UE (Union européenne), les organisateurs des manifestations - une trentaine d’ONG, de syndicats et partis politiques - ont affirmé avoir mobilisé quelque 320 000 personnes.Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:48:00 +0200lafranceagricole-e2e283e9c9c63a9eeaff71db1568cf9820160919144800