16320GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Bushfires, drought, frosts and hail storms: How much more can Queensland's wine industry take?https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-14/qld-grape-growers-face-uncertain-future-amid-climate-change/12880600When catastrophic hail storms lashed south-east Queensland earlier this month, Sirromet's Mt Cotton vineyards were hit hard. Key points: Vineyards recovering from drought and bushfire have been badly hit by hailstorms; Wine growers have been urged to future-proof their crops as weather events get....Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:33:00 +0100abc-au-d283c3129afe020ee56deee626b7360d20201113233300A very big beast: Storm chasers to have their pick as Australia gears for La Niñahttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-14/bom-la-ni%C3%B1a-storm-chasers-nick-moir-weather-events/12866436The storm-chasing world has changed dramatically from pre-internet days to today's modern technology, including a recently used 3D radar that may revolutionise the study of weather. But one thing remains the same — the desire to capture the perfect storm.Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:10:00 +0100abc-au-ceb434cf6758218dcc45beb89cb1bcce20201113221000Revitalizing nation’s water supplyhttps://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2020/11/14/2003746876The irrigation of 19,000 hectares of farmland in Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli has been suspended and the land now lies fallow. In the south, Mudan Reservoir (牡丹水庫) in Pingtung County’s Mudan Township (牡丹) released water in preparation for the onslaught of Typhoon Atsani, although only at 10m3 per second.Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:21:00 +0100taipeitimes-aaea5d50a29009a59d7821c8ca9b1bc220201113182100Coastal Floods: Researchers at the University of Graz assess compound flood hazard for coastal areas worldwidehttps://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/200817?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/200817Sea level is rising. As a consequence, flood risk will increase along many coasts of the world. But in many river deltas a further natural hazard exists: if a storm surge co-occurs with heavy rainfall, the surge can block the runoff into the sea and thereby cause flooding in the delta.Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:42:00 +0100alphagalileo-3c0ee1e87ea0f14cd0acc67aa8b398c520201113144200