116250 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://newsaf.cgtn.com/news/2022-08-08/France-braces-for-fourth-heatwave-amid-historic-drought--1cjsJ5CVtbG/index.htmlFrance is bracing itself for a fourth heatwave this summer as a "historic drought" sweeps the mainland, causing a worrying water shortage. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's office has set up an inter-ministerial crisis team to tackle the drought. French weather forecasts broadcasting channel La....2022-08-07T21:20+0200newsnow-co-uk-6821f065443953a6fed3f885361a9ba620220807212000https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/hundreds-of-iconic-barbary-macaques-feared-dead-in-morocco-forest-fire/Macaca sylvanus ) monkey population living there. Some 7,500 hectares (18,500 acres) has burned, about half of the Bouhachem Forest Reserve. Local media reported that 935 families from 15 villages in the region of the fires were evacuated. Barbary Macaque Awareness and Conservation (BMAC), a U.K.2022-08-05T19:19+0200mongabay-63eb0234a15d71b1391d2603555fc3fd20220805191900https://www.dawn.com/news/1702817/forests-on-fire, and Morocco. Prolonged dry weather, severe heatwaves and gusty winds add the proverbial fuel to these fires, which have caused immense damage to economies, displaced large populations, resulted in the loss of livelihood for thousands and exposed the fragility of response measures.2022-08-02T06:44+0200dawn-0a0855a4272d60bd8a69ee0e53b577be20220802064400https://article.wn.com/view/2022/08/02/Forests_on_fire/FOREST fires have scorched the planet with ferocity this year. Over the past four months, a series of deadly wildfires have raged across several parts of the world, the latest affecting California, countries in southern Europe, and Morocco. Prolonged dry weather, severe heatwaves and gusty winds add....2022-08-02T05:42+0200wn-cd0909f468f91bd7edee5778f3f87f2c20220802054200