372130 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.ibtimes.com/super-typhoon-meranti-thousands-lose-power-across-taiwan-storm-moves-toward-china-2415791Thousands of people across Taiwan lost power as Super Typhoon Meranti ravaged the country Wednesday, with this year’s strongest storm yet moving toward mainland China, possibly causing much more destruction. The Category 5 storm, marked by wind speeds of up to 230 mph and torrential rains, has....Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:31:00 +0200ibtimes-7553ff14dab4516eb03ac231341923e220160926233100https://weather.com/storms/typhoon/news/typhoon-megi-forecast-taiwan-chinaStory Highlights. Typhoon Megi will landfall in Taiwan Tuesday. Damaging winds and coastal flooding is expected. Over a foot of rain may trigger life-threatening flash floods and landslides. Megi will then track into southeast China as a weaker storm. Typhoon Megi, a Category 2 equivalent typhoon....Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:28:00 +0200climate-weather-7bd004b03f233bda8a3adf1ecf9553b020160926232800http://www.ibtimes.com/typhoon-megi-2016-update-taiwan-tourists-evacuated-tropical-storm-threatens-make-2422128Typhoon Megi is expected to make landfall Tuesday in Taiwan, according to reports. The Category 2 equivalent typhoon, which is currently in the western Pacific Ocean about 300 miles southeast of Taipei, Taiwan, intensified Monday from a tropical storm to a Category 2 typhoon at wind speeds of 105 miles per hour.Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:01:00 +0200ibtimes-15980e77c93abb05cb3e8724344f04db20160926230100http://www.excelsior.com.mx/global/2016/09/26/1119058TAIPEI. Taiwán ha cancelado decenas de vuelos internacionales , liberado agua de sus pantanos, evacuado personas en zonas peligrosas y activado sus centros de gestión de emergencias ante la inminente llegada del tifón Megi. A pesar de su lejanía, Megi ya ha derribado una grúa en Hualian, en el este....Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:03:00 +0200excelsior-cd43cd26b90d2d8a3564dd5064fc858f20160926200300