1555880 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.foxnews.com/world/hurricane-lorenzo-category-five-strength-record-setting-atlantic-basinA "major hurricane" is defined as having winds above 111 mph, according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale . Category 3, Category 4 and Category 5 storms are all labeled “major” hurricanes. There are no coastal watches or warnings currently in effect, although forecasters expect the storm....Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:26:00 +0200foxnews-fa7fe80658c803df5d4a06b8645c181f20190929172600https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/09/23/Hurricane-Lorenzo-not-a-threat-to-land-for-now/7671569262394/?ur3=1Sept. 23 -- An intense hurricane is spinning over the Atlantic Ocean, but the storm is going largely unnoticed due to its remote location. Hurricane Lorenzo, currently spinning over the central Atlantic, first became a hurricane on Wednesday, but by Thursday afternoon, it had rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane.Fri, 27 Sep 2019 23:46:00 +0200upi-3502e7bd14aa0b38f1eea03d5261f15620190927234600https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/09/22/Karen-fizzles-while-heading-toward-populated-areas/8331569156138/?ur3=1Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Amid a flurry of Atlantic tropical activity during the middle of September, meteorologists began watching an area that would become Karen. Tropical Storm Karen brewed in the eastern Caribbean last Sunday, joining Jerry and budding Lorenzo, before taking aim at Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with excessive rainfall on Tuesday.Fri, 27 Sep 2019 23:46:00 +0200upi-f158dce4713e04f557c932943ccfd9fd20190927234600https://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/home/481779/hurricane-and-tropical-storm-could-be-heading-to-ireland-in-next-week.htmlLong-range forecasters have warned that Ireland could be hit with the tail-end effects of a tropical storm and a hurricane in the next week. Irish Weather Online experts said that Tropical Storm Jerry, which is currently in the Caribbean, could be arriving on our shores at the weekend.Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:29:00 +0200donegaldemocrat-2b974286b540ad1d5001ed4d4279f78220190927172900