249110 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.live5news.com/story/38770604/florence-residents-experience-major-flooding-after-weekend-stormFLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - Some residents who live in Florence experienced several inches of flooding in their yards and homes from Saturday night's storm and they are simply fed up with it. City manager Drew Griffin said Florence received nine to 15 inches of water over the weekend, leaving several....Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:23:00 +0200live5news-77fd452b4e3c332e2c7e9fe62602ac0220180731052300https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Puerto-Rico-reaches-deal-with-some-power-company-13118259.phpHurricane Maria with winds of 225 km per hour has rampaged across Puerto Rico knocking out power for the entire island. There is widespread structural damage and flooding, with the added danger of downed power lines. Officials say it could take as long as four months to restore electricity to all of Puerto Rico’s 3.Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:22:00 +0200chron-6e212503ca1cd80b1b203dcecab9f83c20180731052200https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-asia-pacificSouth Korea plans to invest 1.5 trillion won ($1.34 billion) over the next 10 years in its semiconductor industry, according to Yonhap News Agency. Paik Ungyu—the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy—made this announcement Monday when visited key semiconductor production lines of Samsung Electronics Co.Tue, 31 Jul 2018 04:30:00 +0200theepochtimes-ae62df1a27afff1efee7890f241c8c2f20180731043000http://www.startribune.com/tesla-others-help-puerto-ricans-go-solar-amid-power-turmoil/489194131/That leaves its 20,000 people once again in the dark, without light, fresh water or air conditioning except for a handful of homes and businesses glowing in the night thanks to solar energy. The people of Adjuntas call those places "cucubanos," an indigenous Puerto Rican firefly. They're part of a small but growing movement to provide the U.Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:09:00 +0200startribune-c4e9cdb485d3263b3a4e41a680946ac020180729000900