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://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2020/06/02/cyclone-amphan-supercomputers-predicted-it-well-in-advance-saving-thousands-of-lives-139699/– By Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading. On May 18, a massive tropical cyclone with sustained winds of nearly 150 miles per hour was barrelling across the Bay of Bengal towards the low-lying coasts of East India and Bangladesh.Mon, 01 Jun 2020 18:51:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz-cc9167bf55b5e93fd09bc559d3dd4967foreignaffairs-nzen23.7099 90.4071PublicHealthCoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisastersEnvironmentClimateChangeHannah ClokeUniversity of Reading20200601185100https://theconversation.com/cyclone-amphan-supercomputers-predicted-it-well-in-advance-saving-thousands-of-lives-139699Disclosure statement. Hannah Cloke advises the Environment Agency and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts on flood risk, flood forecasting and early warning. She works with local flood groups and advises local and national government and humanitarian agencies on flood emergencies.Mon, 01 Jun 2020 18:51:00 +0200theconversation-uk-4db58989f309036b5999e6e6dedb6063theconversation-uken23.7099 90.4071CoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisastersEnvironmentPublicHealthResearchECnewsClimateChangeEU-AsiaEnvironment AgencyHannah ClokeEuropean Commission20200601185100https://qrius.com/advanced-cyclone-forecasting-is-leading-to-early-action/?Advanced+cyclone+forecasting+is+leading+to+early+action&RSS&RSS+ReaderA few days earlier, when it was just a plain old storm, Amphan had swept through Sri Lanka , killing several people in heavy rain, floods and winds. It would go on to cause scores of deaths, make thousands homeless, and cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage.Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:52:00 +0200qrius-e7d10bcef258b6043c93b44b1bf5ca98qriusen7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912EnvironmentClimateChangePublicHealthCoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisastersNASA20200609135200https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/world/asia/china-mekong-drought.htmlBANGKOK — As China was stricken by the coronavirus in late February, its foreign minister addressed a concerned crowd in Laos, where farmers and fishers across the Mekong River region were contending with the worst drought in living memory. His message: We feel your pain.Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:43:00 +0200thecambodianews-77b42b649b5fd2f9b548362591050828thecambodianewsen17.9628 102.614CoronavirusInfectionPublicHealthCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisastersStimson CenterClaude WilliamsWang YiChinese governmentBrian EylerChina LimitedMr. Wang20200615094300