8700 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://apanews.net/en/news/mozambique-20000-displaced-by-tropical-storm/APA-Maputo (Mozambique) Mozambique's Institute of Natural Disaster management (INGC) says it has opened five accommodation centers in the city of Beira, the capital of the central province of Sofala, to shelter 18,295 displaced people after they were displaced by a heavy tropical storm known as Desmond, APA can report Thursday.Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:50:00 +0100apanews-en-7dfc9deaced236a2c1d599e82a23705c20190124155000https://www.lexpressmada.com/24/01/2019/meteo-boeny-la-tempete-desmond-seme-la-panique/Le passage de la tempête tropicale modérée Desmond dans le canal de Mozambique a entraîné de la pluie et du vent dans le Boeny. Les dégâts sont nombreux. La région Boeny et surtout la ville de Mahajanga ont vécu une nuit et deux journées terrorisantes, lors du passage de la tempête tropicale modérée....Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:18:00 +0100lexpressmada-79b97184dbe47a263dc4f3100dfee57e20190124061800https://clubofmozambique.com/news/flooding-in-mozambique-as-tropical-cyclone-desmond-makes-landfall/Region on high alert as a second storm begins to emerge to the east of the country. Mozambique’s fourth-largest city has been inundated by flooding after being hit by a tropical cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Desmond formed in the Mozambique Channel on Sunday night and drifted slowly northwest towards the coast.Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:58:00 +0100clubofmozambique-ff78953cf917648477d11c46454b8cd820190124015800http://apanews.net/en/news/400-people-homeless-as-tropical-cyclone-desmond-lashes-mozambiqueAccording to experts, tropical Cyclone Desmond formed in the Mozambique Channel early on Tuesday and drifted slowly northwest towards the coast. Fortunately, the winds in the upper atmosphere were much stronger than those near the surface, which hampered the storm's growth and prevented it from becoming too intense.Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:01:00 +0100apanews-en-8a6a94d294575f719061556eb3c122f720190123130100