769950 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://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.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-ed54bd53db5038d46335a3bf04cf850d20210815202500https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/greece-remains-cautious-amid-raging-wildfiresGreece continues to be on high alert as the country's fire brigades counted 53 new forest fires from Saturday to Sunday. No fires were reported to be completely out of control by Sunday noon, meaning the situation has eased further after the massive fires of the past 14 days.2021-08-15T17:24+0200dailysabah-77dd35927e60e2954d58d82991151e3420210815172400https://tribune.com.pk/story/2315752/death-toll-from-northern-turkey-floods-rises-to-58TURKEY: Flash floods that have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 58 people, authorities said on Sunday, in the second natural disaster to strike Turkey this month. The floods brought chaos to northern provinces just as authorities were declaring wildfires had been....2021-08-15T13:59+0200tribune-567f4bbba2a11d923b12dd169b68b89920210815135900