1000 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://thediplomat.com/2022/07/flooding-in-indias-northeast-reveals-weakness-of-the-act-east-policy/This year, Northeast India, especially Assam and Meghalaya, faced one of its worst floods in living memory. Entire roads and bridges have been washed away. Thousands of villages were inundated, and hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes. In Assam alone, the floods and attendant landslides have affected more than 3.2022-07-20T16:53+0200thediplomat-net-de1862808605b2407cc9953236620dc220220720165300https://www.chinadailyhk.com/article/281196#The-legend-of-Yu-the-GreatZhejiang Yuji Tu (Map of Traces of Yu in Zhejiang province). (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) In China, Dayu, or Yu the Great, is a household name and a character who figures prominently in the origin of Chinese civilization. He is credited with establishing the Xia Dynasty (c. 21st century-16th century BC), the start of China’s dynastic rule.2022-07-18T06:28+0200chinadailyhk-a4f6de9f9f17a2802df95a8931597bbf20220718062800https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14657738KAWASAKI—Fujitsu Ltd. is using the Fugaku supercomputer and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to develop a smartphone app that can provide real-time countdowns on when quake-triggered tsunami will flood specific areas. In mid-March, the Tokyo-based IT giant tested its flood prediction app....2022-07-13T00:11+0200ajw-a9d2ff52a2a054e8c3fe7de586c901ca20220713001100https://soranews24.com/2015/09/21/single-hebel-haus-is-the-only-structure-to-defy-the-flooding-of-japans-angry-demon-river/Last week, we discussed the possible etymology of , which has been the scene of intense flooding in eastern Japan this month. While the overflowing river has devastated the surrounding towns and landscapes in its wake, a single building in Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture has been gaining particular....2022-07-10T08:58+0200soranews24-107baf6c3d3c2edd20513d1b39dcf51a20220710085800