10961860 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.express.co.uk/news/world/1477314/flooding-northern-turkey-black-sea-region-climate-change-global-warmingOn Sunday Turkish authorities declared search and rescue efforts were underway to find missing people. The flooding in the northern provinces of Turkey was in contrast with the wildfires that raged through the southern coastal regions of the nation. In the Kastamonu province of northern Turkey 52 people died.2021-08-16T00:27+0200express-050bf463cb477a0b52d0ef362e26715420210816002700https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/fire-near-jerusalem-forces-village-evacuationsResidents of several villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem were evacuated Sunday due to a large forest fire, Israeli police said. Residents were evacuated and several roads were blocked (Getty) Residents of several villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem were evacuated Sunday due to a large forest fire, police said.2021-08-16T00:25+0200english-alaraby-e299b851df216bdd717037371aa66bfc20210816002500https://www.mpolska24.pl/post/18090/russian-special-services-may-be-responsible-for-forest-fires-in-turkey15.08.2021, 20:58 Russian special services may be responsible for forest fires in Turkey. Large-scale forest fires in southern Turkey may be a planned special operation of Russian special services. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the arson, Anadolu reports.2021-08-15T20:40+0200mpolska24-0fb99da195b9a392f23990aebad0e99b20210815204000https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20210815-fire-near-jerusalem-forces-village-evacuationsJerusalem (AFP) Residents of several villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem were evacuated on Sunday because of a large forest fire nearby, Israeli police said. Firemen supported by firefighting aircraft were working to extinguish the blaze as the smoke blotted out the sky across much of the city.2021-08-15T20:25+0200rfi-en-ed54bd53db5038d46335a3bf04cf850d20210815202500