7790 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 https://www.irishsun.com/news/257959318/after-powerful-earthquake-death-toll-mounts-in-japanOver the last few months, Japan has faced a series of back to back environmental disasters; The country witnessed a powerful earthquake days after facing the most powerful storm in 25 years; The death toll from the quake that triggered landslides has increased.Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:29:00 +0200irishsun-9e92a0af6701364bd1ece64b71bcbf7a20180911142900http://www.newswest9.com/story/39055623/ts-helene-becomes-hurricane-ts-isaac-could-become-hurricane-soon(RNN) Helene, one of three named storms moving through the Atlantic, became a hurricane Sunday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center announced the update around 5 p.m., saying the storm was about 145 miles off Cabo Verde, an archipelago nation near the African coast. Helene is moving westward at 13 mph, packing maximum-sustained winds of 75 mph.Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:33:00 +0200newswest9-b5575f3af7a5f07f780ab114cb34497820180910043300http://www.wsfa.com/story/39055623/ts-helene-becomes-hurricane-ts-isaac-could-become-hurricane-soon(RNN) Helene, one of three named storms moving through the Atlantic, became a hurricane Sunday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center announced the update around 5 p.m., saying the storm was about 145 miles off Cabo Verde, an archipelago nation near the African coast. Helene is moving westward at 13 mph, packing maximum-sustained winds of 75 mph.Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:53:00 +0200wsfa-46eca38134911cb7059bd0ef8b0df6b920180909235300http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/39055623/ts-helene-becomes-hurricane-ts-isaac-could-become-hurricane-soon(RNN) Helene, one of three named storms moving through the Atlantic, became a hurricane Sunday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center announced the update around 5 p.m., saying the storm was about 145 miles off Cabo Verde, an archipelago nation near the African coast. Helene is moving westward at 13 mph, packing maximum-sustained winds of 75 mph.Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:34:00 +0200newschannel6now-b5575f3af7a5f07f780ab114cb34497820180909233400