7140 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://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/imd-warns-of-heavy-rain-in-assam-meghalaya/articleshow/78421355.cmsGUWAHATI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy rainfall in Assam and Meghalaya from Wednesday till October 5 by issuing an “yellow” alert, which may deteriorate the flood situation in Assam. At present, over 2.83 lakh people in the state have been hit by the third wave of floods.Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:45:00 +0200timesofindia-880e78e3bbdd24a903ace83990e8b2e420201001084500https://refugeewatchonline.wordpress.com/2020/09/30/student-collectives-as-relief-mediation-to-the-perils-of-natural-disasters/‘The year is 2020. The tree in front of my house is bent on crashing upon the family car. It’s raining cats and dogs. Suddenly, there’s a blackout and there’s water seeping in from a broken window pane. The wind too isn’t very keen on slowing down either and seems to be turning stronger by...Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:22:00 +0200refugeewatchonline-0fba3e1c424052d1cdd82a126f138e8320200930222200https://www.daily-sun.com/./printversion/details/508277/Flooding-worsens-further-in-northThe overall flood situation has worsened further in the northern region as the water level of the Upper Meghna Basin in the northeastern region of the country is increasing gradually. Hundreds of flood victims have been leading a miserable life with inadequate relief, many alleged.Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:43:00 +0200daily-sun-1f5cdbd28fbea0b1de5aaccc951391ba20200927204300https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/09/25/news/world/virus-drought-flood-hit-51m-folk/771745/NEW YORK: At least 51.6 million people worldwide have been affected by floods, droughts or storms and the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), showed the news analysis published Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center.Sun, 27 Sep 2020 05:27:00 +0200manilatimes-f3cb6581dd45865f636aa48e797598a320200927052700