149240 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.theepochtimes.com/germany-approves-35-billion-in-federal-funds-for-flood-hit-areas_3954145.htmlThe German government has backed 30 billion euros ($35.16 billion) in federal funding on Wednesday to help rebuild the damage in western and southern Germany following heavy rainfall and flooding in mid-July. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced at a press briefing that the money will be released by....2021-08-18T16:54+0200theepochtimes-c037a884a2897290305903386220ff8320210818165400https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/environment/2021/08/age-megafireWhy the forest fires raging across Europe, North America and Australia are a sign of the world to come. This may well be remembered as the year of the megafire. The Dixie fire in California, which is still raging, is the largest single wildfire in that fire-prone state’s history, while in Siberia,....2021-08-18T16:47+0200newstatesman-20f9105ed2a003c148e23eaae5cff98f20210818164700https://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/frate-sole-sora-terra-ambiente-stupore-e-contraddizioni.aspxSi è parlato molto di ambiente in queste ultime settimane. Se ne è parlato con toni preoccupati e stupiti dinanzi alle temperature da record in Canada e ai morti che esse hanno determinato. Si è tornati a parlarne in toni analoghi dinanzi ai disastrosi eventi metereologici che hanno investito la Germania e il Belgio.2021-08-18T15:31+0200famigliacristiana-ef850b028ea9b8e9ccc08a6c90c1c82a20210818153100https://watchers.news/2021/08/17/severe-storm-flood-tornado-germany-august-2021/A new round of heavy rains hit Germany and Austria on August 16 and 17, 2021, causing severe floods and landslides and spawning at least one destructive tornado. One person was killed and another is still missing in Germany after sudden floods swept them away off a bridge in Höllentalklamm, a....2021-08-17T23:14+0200watchers-bca14a778c8b7eb37928da8d10b5edc520210817231400