461210 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.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-florence-flood-hog-manure-pits-coal-ash-dumps-north-carolina/The bloated carcasses of hundreds of thousands of hogs, chickens and other drowned livestock bobbed in a nose-stinging soup of fecal matter, pesticides, fertilizer and gasoline so toxic that fish flopped helplessly on the surface to escape it. Rescue workers smeared Vick's Vapo-Rub under their noses to try to numb their senses against the stench.Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:44:00 +0200CBSnews-7855b6ee6d67b8b32e53d7d48e9f724d20180912134400http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2018-09-12/detail-ifyxxzwt9217825.shtmlA moderate earthquake hit India's northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, officials said. According to Indian Meteorological Department, the quake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 10:20 a.m. local time in Kokrajhar district, about 233 km west of Dispur, the capital city of Assam. "The epicenter of earthquake was located at 26.Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:33:00 +0200ecns-2ea2708f3ab3e96c8e92cbafe4d0df5d20180912103300https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/09/12/strong-earthquake-felt-in-cyprus/A magnitude 5.5 earthquake was felt in Cyprus on Wednesday morning, the geological survey department said. There were no reports of damage caused by the 9.21am temblor. The earthquake’s epicentre was was 168 kilometres north west of Polis at a depth of 10 kilometres.Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:58:00 +0200cyprus-mail-5bf153bf98d5f87316f103723976fba820180912085800https://www.firstpost.com/india/5-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-assam-tremors-felt-across-north-east-bihar-and-west-bengal-5167921.htmlAn earthquake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale, struck Assam on Wednesday. The tremors were felt as far as Patna in Bihar and Siliguri in West Bengal as well, reported. Representational image. PTI. Times of India Tremors were also felt in Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, reported.Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:47:00 +0200firstpost-c57b932f13101d9fe4ab104983c2a52120180912084700