8420GDACS EMM News Feed 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 UK capital could be moved from London due to risk of intense floods, says experthttps://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/uk-capital-could-moved-london-21593842Coastal cities could become inhabitable due to the climate crisis as leading scientists warn that British weather will see more extreme floods. The changes could see the nation’s capital city moved, with areas such as Hull and Bristol also at risk of severe flooding.2021-09-16T22:34+0200getwestlondon-1955b0560cfe144d3defbd200c5e89b220210916223400Chanthu to produce days of tropical rainfall, raise flood risk in South Korea, Japanhttps://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/09/15/south-korea-cyclone-Chanthu-Japan/2721631750917/After losing wind intensity and spinning just off the coast of China over the East China Sea for the last few days, AccuWeather forecasters say Chanthu is set to continue its long-lasting journey and impact portions of South Korea and Japan through the end of the week.2021-09-16T02:48+0200upi-e5979f6320d8891edda7ed799ec952cb20210916024800Climate change isn't the only factor in recent disasters — governance and security riskhttps://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/572457-climate-change-isnt-the-only-factor-in-recent-disasters-governanceClose your eyes and drop your finger on a world map — nearly any place you land has faced a climate catastrophe this summer. No region has been spared the devastation of record-breaking extreme weather events. The security impacts have been severe , with thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars of damage done to critical infrastructure.2021-09-16T00:09+0200thehill-08ad33af7269bf7f82c80ce082418e8520210916000900Orange flood alert in China, Philippines, Taiwanhttps://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=FL&eventid=1101085Typhoon Chanthu, Philippines, Taiwan, China, September 2021 Typhoon Chanthu (known a Kiko in the Philippines) affected areas of Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, CAR in the Philippines from around 11 September. 5,049 people were pre-emptively evacuated in Region 2 and 63 in Region 1. A total of 11,145 people were affected.2021-09-15T18:58+0200gdacs-0bedcab27bf4ac975cf116d18eda1bb720210915185800