12020 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.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/2021/08/12/typhoon-in-japan-washes-yayoi-kusama-artwork-out-to-sea/An artwork by artist Yayoi Kusama has been washed out to sea during a typhoon in Japan. In situ since 1994 in Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, the distinctive yellow pumpkin-shaped sculpture – decorated with black polka dots – was smashed into pieces when it was swept into the sea during Typhoon Lupit earlier this week.2021-08-12T17:04+0200thenational-f31cc73a0240a0a850de537893d5886e20210812170400https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/cyclones-moving-east-to-west-not-unheard-of-says-weather-bureau.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyclones-moving-east-to-west-not-unheard-of-says-weather-bureauTropical cyclones with a movement path from the west coast to the east coast of the Guangdong Province are not unheard of, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) suggested in a reply to an enquiry by the Times. The recent meteorological system, named Lupit, which started near the west coast....2021-08-12T02:59+0200macaudailytimes-3f00b46972f73056eb527a1fb5b175a020210812025900https://www.archyde.com/typhoon-lupit-in-primorye-caused-flooding-of-beaches-society-rbk/The consequences of typhoon “Lupit” were flooding of beaches located in the southeast of Primorye, said the press secretary of Primhydromet Viktor Chulkov, reports “The beaches, in particular in Livadia in Nakhodka and a number of others, were flooded by the surge wave brought by the former typhoon Lupit.2021-08-11T07:48+0200archyde-b8241d01687ae0bfa2106827db49919520210811074800https://news.yahoo.com/yayoi-kusama-outdoor-pumpkin-sculpture-210000873.htmlOne of Yayoi Kusama ’s iconic pumpkin sculptures was dislodged from its base on the edge of Japan ’s Naoshima Island and tossed about in the sea as Typhoon Lupit swept through the region. In a video posted to Twitter of the now aquatic gourd, the outdoor artwork appears to have sustained some damage with cracks in multiple places.2021-08-10T23:25+0200news-yahoo-a6356fd34a4cfe8908dd5d16fd2a8da720210810232500