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://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201708280013.aspxTaipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) A tropical depression near Guam turned into Tropical Storm Sanvu on Monday afternoon, but it is likely headed toward Japan and will have little effect on Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said on Monday. Another tropical depression could form off the east coast of....Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:02:00 +0200focustaiwan-9b55563b2bee6414e36d395768e19b30focustaiwanen35.2086 110.727NaturalDisastersChen Wei-ting20170828130200https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/31/september-outlook-in-washington-d-c-cooler-and-wetter-than-normal/Given the past week of cool, dry weather, it feels as if we may have started fall early in Washington. Meteorologically, though, the fan-favorite season doesn’t start until Sept. 1. After a cool and wet August to close out the summer season, will September show more of the same? We believe so!....Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:33:00 +0200WashingtonPost-8bc301321e4f308fd9090fd0a70ef8d2WashingtonPosten45.3742 -75.6507NaturalDisastersNational Weather Service20170831213300http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/52337Typhoon Sanvu developed an eye that was about 28 nautical-miles wide when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and captured an image. On Aug. 31, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of Typhoon Sanvu as it....Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:56:00 +0200enn-7e0487148bedc37fb734b4eb9ebd6a2dennen35.6831 139.809NaturalDisastersNASASpace Flight CenterGoddard Space Flight Center20170831215600http://www.manilatimes.net/rain-parts-luzon-2-weather-disturbances-enhance-southwest-monsoon-pagasa/347986/A tropical storm and a typhoon are gaining strength outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) enhancing the southwest monsoon in the western section of Luzon, the state-run weather bureau said Friday morning. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration....Fri, 01 Sep 2017 05:53:00 +0200manilatimes-62d8b89266e23cf24dd3b806308353a0manilatimesen18.19762 120.591698NaturalDisastersFlooding20170901055300http://thestandard.com.ph/news/national/245917/southwest-monsoon-affects-luzon-s-western-section.htmlA low pressure area (LPA) has left the country and it has developed into a storm, enhancing the southwest monsoon. PAGASA predicts rainy weather until Saturday. Fair weather is expected on Sunday. The weather bureau is monitoring two weather disturbances outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR).Fri, 01 Sep 2017 07:18:00 +0200thestandard-ph-264b7f090c4cd58ebb2c343f509fa3dfthestandard-phenNaturalDisasters20170901071800http://www.actionnewsjax.com/weather/talking-tropics/irma-making-bend-to-the-southwest-sept-2nd/602136202Sept. 2, 2017 - Hurricane "Irma" over moving into Central Atlantic ... several other areas to watch....... The "Buresh Bottom Line" is: stay tuned!... A s we head into the peak of the Cabo (Cape) Verde season, waves are streaming west off Africa. "Irma" was one such wave & is turning into a classic....Sat, 02 Sep 2017 16:32:00 +0200actionnewsjax-3309fe5eeb6b1609db57bd45745d2c40actionnewsjaxen18.3988 -66.0685NaturalDisastersPhil Klotzbach20170902163200https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/31/september-outlook-in-washington-d-c-cooler-and-wetter-than-normal/Given the past week of cool, dry weather, it feels as if we may have started fall early in Washington. Meteorologically, though, the fan-favorite season doesn’t start until Sept. 1. After a cool and wet August to close out the summer season, will September show more of the same? We believe so!....Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:10:00 +0200WashingtonPost-349b301724fb4b55e375a487e3a7ad8aWashingtonPosten45.3742 -75.6507NaturalDisastersNational Weather Service20170903101000