239940 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://grist.org/extreme-weather/as-drought-chokes-mississippi-river-barges-carrying-grain-shipments-have-nowhere-to-go/Barges have been stalled or slow-moving along the river for weeks, causing major disruption in the agricultural industry at a time when farmers generally expect to move harvested grains. Before the Mississippi dried out, grain was booming in the United States.2022-10-27T18:51+0200google-top-stories-afc97bd73be50a4bdfe2524da78acebc20221027185100https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2022/10/gulf-research-program-awards-1m-in-planning-grants-to-support-nature-based-solutionsWASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced awards totaling $997,523 to support 10 projects that will engage communities in co-developing full proposals to advance nature-based solutions to mitigate climate-related hazards.2022-10-27T14:23+0200nationalacademies-14b1130110eb2635d9b99c8143e4d9cf20221027142300https://www.waterworld.com/wastewater/press-release/14284785/clean-water-infrastructure-faces-major-impacts-from-flooding-nacwa-members-sayLeading members of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) are drawing attention to the impact of major rain and flood events on the nation’s clean water infrastructure. Examining 10 major rain and flood events in 2022 and exploring how the aggregate effect of climate change and....2022-10-26T21:06+0200waterworld-4f1c3d5daee41ea52155b1ba984cc43520221026210600https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/53849/20221024/major-hurricane-roslyn-wreaks-havoc-mexico-killing-three-people.htmMajor Hurricane Roslyn made landfall in Mexico on Sunday, October 23, bringing heavy rain, flash flooding, and landslides. Several people died as the powerful storm struck the coastline of the Central American nation. In addition, the hurricane also forced widespread evacuations, caused massive....2022-10-25T11:05+0200natureworldnews-c2f774d8f5f6474d4ff792d6504a82f220221025110500