1695460 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.news4jax.com/weather/jamaica-haiti-brace-for-lifethreatening-hurricane-matthew(CNN) - A ferocious hurricane packing 130-mph winds is threatening to wreak havoc on Haiti and Jamaica as it trudges through the Caribbean Sea. Hurricane Matthew, a slow-moving storm now within roughly 300 miles of Jamaica and Haiti, is expected to dump dozens of inches of torrential rainfall on both islands starting Monday.Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:00:00 +0200news4jax-0a63641d4b8eb6936fd42448757c514920161003140000http://www.news4jax.com/weather/hurricane/carnival-cruises-make-changes-to-ships-due-to-hurricane-matthewJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Due to the track of Hurricane Matthew, several cruise lines have made changes to ships sailing this week. Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, Disney Cruise, as well Carnival Cruises have all rerouted ships to avoid the storms path. The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane....Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:00:00 +0200news4jax-dd1c684b19b4ff238dbe231fb2a01d8220161003140000http://www.wesh.com/weather/hurricanes/tropical-storm-matthew-forms-near-caribbean/41834318>>Download the WESH 2 Hurricane Tracker app for and Android As of 8 a.m. Monday, Matthew was about 220 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, carrying maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, moving north at 6 mph. Hurricanes carrying winds of 111 mph and greater (Category 3+) are considered major....Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:59:00 +0200wesh-8ef65feb90c3a8a31e7474ec9c789b6d20161003135900http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-10-03/hurricane-matthew-threatens-haiti-jamaica-and-cuba.htmlOct 3, 2016- One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent years has been moving across the Caribbean towards Jamaica, Haiti and eastern Cuba. Parts of Jamaica have already been lashed by rain and strong winds, with flood waters blocking roads in the capital, Kingston.Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:58:00 +0200ekantipur-4acc3b3cc6783d32083653dbd627484920161003135800