913890 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.dailyjournal.net/2016/10/17/as-vietnam-flooding/HANOI, Vietnam Vietnam is bracing for Typhoon Sarika as the death toll from flooding in the central part of the country triggered by heavy rains rose to 31. The typhoon with sustained winds of 165 kph (103 mph) and gusts of up to 200 kph (124 mph) is moving toward northern Vietnam at 15 kilometers....Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:22:00 +0200dailyjournal-561d2d0f9cd3f7426518dbc2b696e92020161018062200http://thestandard.com.ph/news/-main-stories/219129/typhoon-lawin-gains-strength-.htmlPAGASA reports, as of 11 am Tuesday, the typhoon is at 950 kilometers east of Daet, Camarines Norte. It packs maximum sustained winds of up to 185 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 230 kph. ‘Lawin’ is moving west northwest at 25 kph. The weather bureau warns, the typhoon may bring storm....Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:07:00 +0200thestandard-ph-c61cfe632f238122ce7e835f033cf12420161018060700https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/major-hurricane-nicole-atlantic-bermudaStory Highlights. Nicole has weakened to a tropical storm in the open north Atlantic Ocean. Nicole was the strongest hurricane strike (Category 3) on Bermuda since Fabian in 2003. Swells from Nicole will continue to affect the U.S. East Coast, Bermuda and Atlantic Canada. Swells could reach Europe and Africa in a day or two.Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:06:00 +0200climate-weather-323006b35e5c37065aadb932fdc292eb20161018060600http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1292885HANOI, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- Localities are making every effort to prepare for the arrival of typhoon Sarika, the seventh of its kind to hit the South China Sea so far this year, which is forecast to directly impact the northeastern and central regions on Wednesday.Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:00:00 +0200bernama-8d7011d7939653a18b8df287c5166aa320161018060000