7221620 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.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/08/19/in-kedah-district-residents-describe-rush-of-upstream-water-flow-as-mini-ts/1998738Several locations around the Gunung Jerai area in Yan were hit by flash floods in Alor Setar August 18, 2021. — Bernama pic. YAN, Aug 19 — The upstream water rush phenomenon at the waterfall area near Gunung Jerai yesterday evening has been described as a “mini-tsunami” due to the strong waves that....2021-08-19T01:43+0200malaymail-72577ae9bde8dd3a1dc189e3e6ff9a8a20210819014300https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/08/19/in-kedah-district-residents-describe-rush-of-upstream-water-flow-as-mini-ts/1998738Several locations around the Gunung Jerai area in Yan were hit by flash floods in Alor Setar August 18, 2021. — Bernama pic. YAN, Aug 19 — The upstream water rush phenomenon at the waterfall area near Gunung Jerai yesterday evening has been described as a “mini-tsunami” due to the strong waves that....2021-08-19T01:41+0200themalaymailonline-72577ae9bde8dd3a1dc189e3e6ff9a8a20210819014100http://www.hpnhaiti.com/nouvelles/index.php/societe/9707-haiti-seisme-l-onu-donne-8-millions-de-dollars-pour-accompagner-les-victimes-du-grand-sudL'Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) a annoncé mardi une contribution de 8 millions de dollars pour aider le Gouvernement à faire face aux besoins causés par le séisme du 14 août qui a fait près de 2.000 morts, 10.000 blessés et plus de 10,000 maisons détruites ou endommagées.2021-08-19T00:30+0200haitipressnetwork-31194b85fe7e6e1cf932b7e12a3f1a2020210819003000https://www.newsweek.com/100-years-after-great-russian-famine-we-must-save-children-again-opinion-1619813It was 100 years ago when America heard cries for help from Russia during the Great Famine of 1921. In August of that year, Americans took action following an appeal from the Russian writer Maxim Gorky, who asked for bread and medicine for starving children.2021-08-19T00:25+0200newsweek-USA-20c9c42084109d50c03a8deffda8284620210819002500