64130 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.bssnews.net/?p=244852GAIBANDHA, JULY 19, 2019 (BSS) – State Minister for Relief and Disaster Management Ministry Dr. Enamur Rahman today said the government had taken all necessary preparations to face natural disasters effectively. “Sufficient relief materials had been stocked and all-out preparations have been taken....Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0200bssnews-c593f4ed4aa7cdb1b3910f71814a5bf920190719160000http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2019-07/19/content_75010896.htmDHAKA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Flooding sparked by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water from hills across the Indian borders have seriously affected parts of Bangladesh including central Tangail district, some 97 km away from capital Dhaka. The flooding has caused major problems for many residents....Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:51:00 +0200china.org.cn-3c23dfd7a6f75f278240f7af1a3c443120190719115100https://www.firstpost.com/india/indias-water-woes-mount-with-floods-droughts-and-millions-of-citizens-at-the-mercy-of-the-monsoons-7015991.htmlBy Joydeep Gupta, Mubina Akhtar. Nearly a thousand people have been killed by floods in Nepal, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam in India, and in Bangladesh. Almost all of southern and interior western India is grappling with water scarcity. With mega-city Chennai being supplied by water trains, one....Fri, 19 Jul 2019 08:24:00 +0200firstpost-4ecbb2e01daadf9e4bf2ac18d49193d320190719082400https://www.theepochtimes.com/227-dead-after-monsoon-floods-devastate-south-asia_3007384.htmlAt least 227 people have died since flash floods ravaged swathes of South Asia over the weekend, officials said on Thursday, July 18. Flooding and landslides, triggered by torrential monsoon rains, have swept across India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, leaving devastation in each country.Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:02:00 +0200theepochtimes-d9214747d5877839e96cd9488499fa3e20190718140200