184240GDACS 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 Typhoon Lekima latest: Terrifying satellite images as mega storm makes landfallhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1163982/typhoon-lekima-latest-satellite-images-landfall-map-path-detailsLekima made landfall at around 1am local time on Saturday (6pm Friday BST). The storm is expected to weaken as its moves inland, but not before dumping catastrophic amounts of rain and punishing winds. Chinese authorities have issued a red alert and thousands are prepared to evacuate.Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:10:00 +0200express-b7218c6a6f65340e4e55f29913c46dbc20190809221000Typhoon Lekima, earthquake kill twohttp://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/08/10/2003720223Typhoon Lekima, which sideswiped northern Taiwan from late Thursday through early yesterday, and a strong earthquake on Thursday morning left two people dead, 11 injured and more than 3,000 homes without electricity overnight, the Central Emergency Operations Center said.Fri, 09 Aug 2019 18:47:00 +0200taipeitimes-baafdb5611c58be80b864e28af56b34c20190809184700China on red alert as super Typhoon Lekima bears down on coast sparking evacuationshttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/china-red-alert-super-typhoon-18875689Super typhoon Lekima will strike mainland China on Friday, and authorities have issued a red alert for the massive storm with mass evacuations and hundreds of cancelled flights. The typhoon will head towards China's central region on early Saturday and turn in north, in what officials say is the country's strongest typhoon since 2014.Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:25:00 +0200themirror-fc57f9fa155bb9e910c349ea8dd8ff9020190809162500MAKING WAVES China typhoon - where is Super Typhoon Lekima and could it hit the UK? CHINA has issued a 'red alert' as the strongest storm in five years looked set to wreak havoc in eastern Asia. Twin typhoons Lekima and Crosa are so close to each other it's impossible to forecast exactly which path they'll choose. Here's what we know so far.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9688777/china-super-typhoon-lekima-uk-weather/The site's senior meteorologist Dave Houk said: "Areas from northern Taiwan to eastern China look to bear the brunt of Lekima through Sunday." Mr Houk said that storms of up to 135mph were possible over open water or at coastal locations. Elsewhere, the northern tip of Taiwan to the cities of....Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:49:00 +0200thesun-fc8560c9017d9865ad7ffe40cea431cf20190809144900