3650 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 http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/247552If astrological predictions are anything to go by, the corona virus is not the only disaster that we have to brace for this year. There is more to come. Taking at face value, the virus is only the beginning of the series of unfortunate and unexpected events likely to unfold as months in 2020 roll by.Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:07:00 +0200theindependentbd-92e5ddccde9301e2116eb63941ba277920200604180700https://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-cc9167bf55b5e93fd09bc559d3dd496720200601185100https://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-4db58989f309036b5999e6e6dedb606320200601185100https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/days-rain-revived-roar-waterfalls-salalah-200530075749481.htmlTwo days of rain have renewed the waterfalls that only ever exist during this sort of weather in the Omani governate of Dhofar. The crescent of inland cliffs that front the Dhofar Mountains that surround Salalah, and the flood plain beneath, are renowned for becoming green during the monsoon season that brings rain to India.Sat, 30 May 2020 12:06:00 +0200aljazeera-en-e019082158d0c79fdcdd704b31b3ea7d20200530120600