11441 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://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/firefighters-canada-wildfires.htmlJon Blackstone, a forest ranger from Maine, who is working as a firefighter battling wildfires in northern Quebec, is happy he paid some attention during French classes in high school. Having some familiarity with the language is coming in handy for his new temporary job as a team safety officer, managing 220 firefighter staff and 12 helicopters.2023-06-29T21:53+0200nytimes-136d13dd6a8a8cd4719b8bd1fd161cda20230629215300https://thecostaricanews.com/forest-fires-in-canada-between-the-balm-of-the-rain-and-the-heat-that-favors-new-embers/Forest fires in Canada continue to break records. More than 5.2 million hectares have already been devastated by the flames in the North American country and some 32,000 people continue under evacuation orders. Federal authorities report 460 active fires; 235 burning out of control.2023-06-28T23:26+0200thecostaricanews-25bca3ecbf7b8252fab41772a5f4c76520230628232600https://www.eco-business.com/news/will-india-lightning-strike-deaths-rise-as-climate-change-worsens/Raising awareness as lightning risk grows. Climate scientists worldwide are sounding the alarm about the risk of global warming increasing the frequency of lightning strikes - and the impact this could have on related disasters such as forest fires. For example, Canada is in the spotlight as it braces for its worst-ever wildfire season.2023-06-28T08:49+0200eco-business-e0c57e73dcb499e03b2c284d67ce775920230628084900https://www.aise.it/comunità/roberti-fvg-sostenere-e-rafforzare-i-fogolars-furlans-/192039/123UDINE\ aise\ - "La rete dei Fogolârs furlans è preziosa, va sostenuta e rafforzata. È espressione di quel legame con i corregionali, ovunque nel mondo, sempre pronti ad accogliere, a offrire relazioni e contatti, ad esserci nei momenti di festa e di difficoltà.2023-06-27T11:21+0200aise-5231a8c9094a93bda111247f75c1f9e020230627112100