50100GDACS 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 Climate disasters are unfolding all over the planet. Here’s a look at some of them. Torrential downpours in Texas. Historic heat in China. Europe’s worst drought in 500 years. Glacial melting in Antarctica. Each of these events bear the fingerprints of climate change, providing yet more evidence that this crisis isn’t some far-off threat.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/25/science/climate-disasters-are-unfolding-all-over-planet-heres-look-some-them/Security officers stand on a hillside after clearing away visitors from the dry riverbed of the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and....2022-08-25T11:39+0200bostonglobe-f5466a51f112a1107afdab7fee79ae3320220825113900Violent storms and floods forecast for south of France this autumnhttps://www.thelocal.fr/20220824/violent-storms-and-floods-forecast-for-south-of-france-this-autumn/Weather experts and climate scientists have already warned that violent and sometimes deadly storms – known as épisodes cévenol or épisodes méditerranéen – are likely to be more intense this year because the Mediterranean sea is several degrees warmer than usual. Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires.2022-08-24T13:59+0200thelocal-fr-14040ab2cd8f05067a7e401fc6d25aa520220824135900Two thirds of Europe threatened by the worst drought in "at least 500 years", EC climate reporthttps://en.mercopress.com/2022/08/24/two-thirds-of-europe-threatened-by-the-worst-drought-in-at-least-500-years-ec-climate-reportThe reports says 47% of Europe is under warning conditions, with a clear deficit of soil moisture. A further 17% is in a state of alert, in which vegetation is affected. The European Commission Joint Research Center has reported that two thirds of the European continent is threatened by drought, the worst “for at least 500 years”.2022-08-24T12:52+0200mercopress-40b04abbb01b8ec822c0eef892286de520220824125200Drought in Europe, 47% of the territory at risk according to EU studyhttps://news.italy-24.com/covid-19/45850/Drought-in-Europe-47--of-the-territory-at-risk-according-to-EU-study.htmlNearly half of Europe is threatened by drought, according to a report by the scientific service of the European Commission (Jrc) There is a drought alarm in half of Europe. In a report, the scientific service of the European Commission states that, as of 10 August, 47% of the European territory has....2022-08-24T01:11+0200italy24news-42b71ba34c8edfa2e1c621db8fa1cecd20220824011100