19750 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.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-smoke-july-17-2021-1.6107030?cmp=rssWildfire smoke is becoming the "biggest issue" for residents and firefighters alike as this year's early wildfire season continues, according to one British Columbia mayor. But after issuing air-quality warnings in previous days, Environment and Climate Change Canada said it's downgraded those to....2021-07-18T00:07+0200CBC-5b350f22a10265bcffff79c9ce20720720210718000700https://tribune.com.pk/story/2311114/scientists-stunned-by-rare-arctic-lightning-storms-north-of-alaskaANCHORAGE, ALASKA: Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightning bolts in an unusual phenomenon that scientists say will become less rare with global warming.2021-07-17T18:44+0200tribune-4030a956400d5e1436414f4c37694bf520210717184400https://www.bssnews.net/international/5836LOS ANGELES, July 17, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - The extreme drought-hit western United States braced for more wildfire destruction Friday as efforts to contain a vast blaze scorching southern Oregon failed to progress, and dangerous dry lightning storms were forecast in California.2021-07-17T07:16+0200bssnews-a016670365749b300db159ea010fd31920210717071600https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/large-western-us-blaze-forces-evacuations-as-lightning-forecast/articleThe extreme drought-hit western United States braced for more wildfire destruction Friday as efforts to contain a vast blaze scorching southern Oregon failed to progress, and dangerous dry lightning storms were forecast in California. The Bootleg Fire near Oregon’s border with California grew....2021-07-17T03:06+0200digitaljournal-3883a92f902e6607ae60f2499740bf1a20210717030600