939410 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.nbcnews.com/science/environment/warming-makes-delta-storms-power-faster-experts-warn-rcna149Hurricane Delta, gaining strength as it bears down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, is the latest and nastiest in a recent flurry of rapidly intensifying Atlantic hurricanes that scientists largely blame on global warming. Earlier, before hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and temporarily losing strength,....Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:45:00 +0200nbcnews-d5ddfb804963766525f4546f1bc2b7e120201009194500https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/10/09/Thousands-in-Louisiana-brace-for-Delta-2nd-major-hurricane-in-6-weeks/6871602251802/Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of people in southern Louisiana are preparing Friday for the arrival of Hurricane Delta, which is already a major storm and could strengthen before it makes landfall. Residents are boarding up windows and filling sandbags along the coastline, particularly in the....Fri, 09 Oct 2020 18:17:00 +0200upi-fe6de26b433c2f161c0ab7b681e64b2d20201009181700https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-running-list-of-record-breaking-natural-disasters-in-2020/So far 2020 has been a standout year for all the wrong reasons, including its devastating natural disasters. Wildfires have ravaged the western U.S., and tropical cyclones have popped up left and right, with several causing significant damage to coastal areas. The latest storm, Hurricane Delta, is headed for the Gulf Coast.Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:12:00 +0200scientificamerican-c0e6161a470f0e1c86f654108d9b75fb20201009171200https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/warming-makes-delta-storms-power-faster-experts-warn-rcna149Hurricane Delta, gaining strength as it bears down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, is the latest and nastiest in a recent flurry of rapidly intensifying Atlantic hurricanes that scientists largely blame on global warming. Earlier, before hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and temporarily losing strength,....Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:48:00 +0200msnbc-d5ddfb804963766525f4546f1bc2b7e120201009164800