36980 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.news.com.au/national/canadian-wildfire-smoke-casts-haze-over-twin-cities/video/079036cd9f32923d5bed03a3c5d4f1c4Officials in Minnesota extended an air quality alert until August 3, as wildfire smoke descended on the state, leaving the Twin Cities cloaked in a murky haze over the weekend. Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency said the smoke, blown from fires burning in Canada, would intensify and worsen in the state over the weekend.2021-08-01T22:18+0200news_com_au-8df08d40a973b901fe25ad7e51fb3a6920210801221800https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-as-extreme-heat-grips-israel-health-ministry-warns-against-outdoor-activities-1.10067029An extreme heat wave has also hit southeastern Europe. In Greece, temperatures rose to mover 40 degrees (40 F), and the authorities have declared a state of emergency and put up cooling shelters, among other measures. Forest fires have also broken out in Greece, and have threatened homes.2021-08-01T13:46+0200haaretz-318a8f0458a0cda42af73c9963c54af620210801134600https://www.remocontro.it/2021/08/01/il-fuoco-devastante-che-fa-linferno-in-terra-gli-incendi-nella-storia/Centinaia di migliaia di ettari di foreste in fiamme, dalla Siberia all’Alaska, dalla Columbia britannica, in Canada, all’Oregon. Nella più vasta e fredda regione russa, la Yakutia, in Siberia, in tre settimane le fiamme hanno raso al suolo oltre 800 mila ettari di foreste di coniferi e tundra,....2021-08-01T11:43+0200247libero-c8df051836b868c6b9b61aaabc0d0b3a20210801114300https://ksusentinel.com/2021/07/31/turkeys-forest-fires-kill-6-and-leave-thousands-homeless-07-31-2021-world/Turkey has recorded at least 100 forest fires in recent days in the south of the country. The fire killed six and forced thousands of people to seek refuge. Heat waves and low air humidity are factors that lead to forest fires in Mediterranean countries, such as Turkey, during the northern hemisphere summer.2021-08-01T00:12+0200ksusentinel-e0f50cac0158bf15449e167b408f714220210801001200