33960 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.enn.com/articles/58843-robots-probe-ocean-depths-in-mission-to-fine-tune-hurricane-forecastsFour ocean gliders are setting off to sea this week to bring back data scientists hope will improve the accuracy of hurricane forecast models. Four ocean gliders are setting off to sea this week to bring back data scientists hope will improve the accuracy of hurricane forecast models.Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:53:00 +0200enn-233a44196b584ea7fe763e700591846120190718145300https://reliefweb.int/report/china/cma-launched-level-four-emergency-response-address-impacts-brought-typhoon-danasSource:National Meteorological Center. The National Meteorological Center issued blue warning of typhoon on July 17. In order to address the impacts brought by Typhoon Dana, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) activated a level four emergency response at 5:00 p.m. on July 17.Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:06:00 +0200reliefWeb-95ae323a6188937780f5670d4081d37420190718070600https://www.benzinga.com/news/19/07/14092002/tropical-storm-danas-may-delay-shipments-at-east-asia-ports?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+benzinga+%28Benzinga+News+Feed%29A tropical storm known internationally as Danas, but called Falcon in the Philippines, is spinning over the warm waters of the western Pacific Ocean. The storm could delay container freight at some ports in East Asia, while whipping up winds and dumping heavy amounts of rainfall.Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:39:00 +0200benzinga-e782ba38b6079aac6ac6bb56c6bdd51c20190717233900https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2019/07/18/mil-osi-usa-hurricane-irma-flood-insurance-payments-top-1-billion-in-florida/Headline: Hurricane Irma Flood Insurance Payments Top $1 Billion in Florida. Officials Tout NFIP Coverage as First Line of Defense Against Flooding. Orlando, Fla. – Nearly two years after Hurricane Irma struck Florida, FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has paid more than $1 billion....Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:54:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz-3d4e2631bd1ba8171e8be026e1bff59e20190717205400