1520GDACS EMM News Feed 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 VP U Henry Van Thio visits areas of landslide, flood in Mon State in support of rescue teamshttps://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/?q=news/11/08/2019/id-18697NATURAL Disaster Management Committee Chairman Vice President U Henry Van Thio accompanied by Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye, Deputy Ministers Rear Admiral Myint Nwe, U Tin Myint, U Hla Kyaw, U Soe Aung and departmental officials inspected natural disaster affect regions in Mon State.Sun, 11 Aug 2019 07:24:00 +0200moi-gov-mm-41f316d05eb8368845a92f9e3e50220120190811072400Some cities around the world are sinkinghttp://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/some-cities-around-the-world-are-sinking/By Khin Maung Myint. During our younger days, we knew of only one city that was inundated the whole year round. The thoroughfares are a network of canals instead of paved roads. At school, when we first came to learn about that city, we were astonished and wondered how people could live in such a place.Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:54:00 +0200globalnewlightofmyanmar-e4729c5f282a0e1ef13352ece51e479120190810205400India monsoon floods kill at least 100http://www.iran-daily.com/News/257126.htmlWith rains predicted to worsen in coming days, the government ordered military teams to form rescue units and airlift food to stranded villages across Kerala, AFP reported. At least 48 people have died since Thursday in floods in Kerala, where the beaches and hill resorts are a major international....Sat, 10 Aug 2019 17:12:00 +0200iran-daily-d5c634a701609527969b03b2303e3dac20190810171200Adapt to change to better manage extreme weather eventshttp://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/adapt-to-change-to-better-manage-extreme-weather-events/With the change in weather patterns, our people are experiencing the devastating impact of extreme weather events, including drought and floods. These changes, which have not been seen before, will soon become the norm, and it will require the cooperation of the Union Government and state and regional governments to uncover the reasons behind them.Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:32:00 +0200globalnewlightofmyanmar-044c2d58471eda4171c637082a9c71f920190808213200