2040 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.moneycontrol.com/news/photos/environment/in-pics-seven-cities-that-could-be-underwater-by-2030-7680491.htmlAs the effects of global warming and climate change get real by the day, cities are bound to soon find themselves succumbing to the rising water levels. Climate Central's project, based on IPCC's 2021 report, maps out these cities around the globe that could find themselves underwater as early as 2030.2021-11-04T15:21+0100moneycontrol-02c7aec482acfadc4494919de798c6bd20211104152100https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/pictures-extreme-weather-events-of-2021-so-far-1.1635682279050Fires raged, rivers flooded, the ice melted, droughts baked, storms brewed, temperatures soared, and people died. Climate change in 2021 reshaped life on planet Earth through extreme weather. Above, In this Aug. 17, 2021, file photo, embers light up hillsides as the Dixie Fire burns near Milford in Lassen County, Calif.2021-10-31T13:47+0100gulfnews-f69bb36f2214456e5b993db2e109820e20211031134700https://londonnewstime.com/can-european-floods-be-the-result-of-climate-changeanna-pesara-newsted-wood/525162/Throughout Europe, a series of floods shook the continent from England to Germany to the Netherlands. This first started on July 12, 2021. Heavy rains moved from France to Germany and then to Belgium, and many parts of Europe slowly faced heavy floods.2021-10-29T22:53+0200londonnewstime-d86cf5169c10a9060d3409d4a529178320211029225300https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/10/28/baltimore-heres-where-to-get-sandbags-and-park-on-higher-ground/BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — With major tidal flooding expected to impact Maryland over the next few days, Baltimore City is taking steps to help keep its residents and their vehicles dry. The city’s Department of Transportation will make sandbags available to residents from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.2021-10-28T23:39+0200baltimore-cbslocal-86698aa65e0db6bc404ae677cf9c4f2520211028233900