10210 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.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017082515040025.htmlFormer Tropical Storm Kenneth continues to maintain gale-force winds but appears to be devoid of any strong thunderstorms in satellite imagery. At 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) on Aug. 23 the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued the final advisory on Kenneth. NHC said the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Kenneth was located near 25.Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:09:00 +0200sciencenewsline-562c033920460cb9d9277c80ee743e9020170825210900http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017082317450045.htmlSatellite imagery revealed that wind shear and cooler sea surface temperatures have taken their toll on the once hurricane Kenneth. Kenneth has now weakened to a tropical storm and continues to be torn apart as seen in imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite. NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Storm Kenneth on Aug.Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:12:00 +0200sciencenewsline-606cd2c0b742512964f195f9552f0c6620170823221200http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017082317450041.htmlHurricane Kenneth was quickly weakening early on Aug. 22 as a result of vertical wind shear. Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed that the strongest storms associated with the hurricane were pushed away from the center. Hurricane Kenneth was quickly weakening early on Aug. 22 as a result of vertical wind shear.Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:12:00 +0200sciencenewsline-7d8bdc4038d514269003345bb6aaa10620170823221200http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11909832&ref=rssMEXICO CITY (AP) " Forecasters say resurgent remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey could threaten Texas late this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is expected to pass from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula into the southern Gulf of Mexico late Tuesday and regain tropical storm force.Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:08:00 +0200nzherald-37516d268096def55575a527e28a050c20170823210800