384100 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://eminetra.co.uk/world-war-ii-pub-trip-to-carve-a-time-bomb-on-the-thames-uk-news/911442/A US-made cargo ship carried 6,862 tonnes of bombs and was waiting to join a fleet heading to Cherbourg, France, to replenish Allied supplies. However, the storm had already blown the water at the mouth of the Thames. Wilkey, an American, was instructed by Royal Navy Lieutenant Richard Willesley to....2022-01-10T21:19+0100eminetra-a010416e02ceb1bb4c8473ed3c2f61cc20220110211900https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/hurricane-ida-europe-floods-made-2021-costly-for-disasters-munich-re-122011001289_1.htmlDamage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the US state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters, reinsurance company Munich Re said Monday. The company's annual report put the overall economic losses from natural....2022-01-10T21:10+0100business-standard-210ef4f1e08694419aea3f60dd2b08fb20220110211000https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1547851/WW2-pub-trip-SS-Montgomery-shipwreck-bomb-thamesThe US-built cargo vessel was carrying 6,862 tonnes of bombs and waiting to join a convoy of ships heading to Cherbourg, France, to replenish Allied supplies. But a storm was already whipping up the waters of the Thames estuary. Wilkie, an American, had been directed to drop anchors by Royal Navy....2022-01-10T20:55+0100express-2426fece164f814b1267b270b294a95320220110205500https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4405324BERLIN (AP) — Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters, reinsurance company Munich Re said Monday. The company's annual report put the overall economic losses....2022-01-10T19:39+0100taiwannews-a581c3773fda3ec4ddcd55190040eb7020220110193900