818660 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.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/08/519205736/at-least-six-people-have-died-in-plains-wildfires?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=us"The flames have forced thousands from their homes over the last two days and some highways remain closed because the smoke that is so thick that it can be seen in satellite images. Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Kansas face extreme fire danger as low humidity, drought conditions and strong winds persist.Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:33:00 +0100npr-a67004fd122771f955793cd302b9c42920170308183300http://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/madagascar-enawo-plus-de-2-millions-de-personnes-pourraient-tre-touch-esLyon, le mercredi 8 mars . Le cyclone Enawo, qui a frappé mardi la côte Nord- Est de Madagascar, pourrait toucher 2 millions de personnes. Les équipes de Handicap International déjà présentes sur place sont mobilisées et se préparent à intervenir en urgence.Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:33:00 +0100reliefWeb-daed0521d46a434e6b6e6011b6ff0a0c20170308183300http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfire-forces-closure-of-parts-of-floridas-alligator-alley-interstate-75/NAPLES, Fla. -- A portion of highway known as Alligator Alley remains shut down Wednesday due to smoky conditions from a wildfire that is burning in southwest Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Lt. Gregory Bueno said that motorists should seek alternatives routes on Interstate 75 that runs....Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:04:00 +0100CBSnews-1cb69a6b4656d89cf55ab71e77eadad820170308180400http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/03/tornado_elevations_height_rule.htmlA look at the recovery and damage Tuesday March 7, 2017, one month after a EF-3 tornado devastated parts of New Orleans East on (feb. 7). According to the National Weather Service, it was the strongest tornado to hit the New Orleans area since 1950. At least 33 injuries were reported in the New....Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:32:00 +0100nola-5ce9dcc05d7e439328ae075e6547e37f20170308173200