988410 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://gizmodo.com/australia-is-hot-as-balls-right-now-1792227927?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29Parts of eastern and central Australia are in the midst of a horrific heatwave, with temperatures reaching as high as 116 degrees F (46 degrees C). Alarmingly, the record-setting conditions are expected to worsen over the coming weekend. While it’s always hard to tie individual meteorological events....Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:44:00 +0100gizmodo-5bf047796ca439d2149f9a5eba400d5520170210214400http://www.citynews.ca/2017/02/10/traffic-between-b-c-s-south-coast-and-interior-cut-in-the-wake-of-winter-storm/VANCOUVER – Travel between British Columbia’s south coast and the Interior was at a standstill after freezing rain and heavy snow closed every major highway early Friday morning. Many travellers spent a frigid night trapped on Highway 5, the Coquihalla Highway, when that busy route was shut down by icy conditions and several collisions.Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:32:00 +0100citynews-ca-fb6869bd8a95c3f38a6a57471fba78c420170210213200http://www.evz.ro/japonia-aproape-de-un-nou-dezastru-cutremur-in-largul-prefecturii-fukushima.htmlSeismul, cu magnitudinea 5,6, s-a produs la ora 16:04 locală (07:04 GMT) în apă, având hipocentrul la circa 28 kilometri adâncime, a precizat Institutul geologic american (USGS). Compania Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), operator al centralei Fukushima Daiichi, nu a observat niciun impact imediat, dar....Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:25:00 +0100evz-b9925b50a32a0625a15982ecd31eaf3520170210212500http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/icy-wind-highway-3-winter-conditions-closure-warning-1.3975657?cmp=rssAn extreme risk of avalanches has prompted officials to close a section of Highway 93 to traffic, while icy roads and high winds continue to be a danger on routes further south, Alberta Transportation says. The highway, also known as the Icefields Parkway, was shut down Friday morning between....Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:22:00 +0100CBC-b7f3cd235e7f8c627e062c87fc6e30e520170210212200