266242 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 http://www.jordantimes.com/news/world/thousands-flee-greek-island-fires-southern-us-sweltersATHENS — Around 30,000 people were moved to safety on the Greek island of Rhodes where a wildfire burned on Saturday, while people in the southern United States struggled under a record-breaking heatwave. Tens of millions of people have been suffering through intense heat this summer and the world looks set for its hottest July on record.2023-07-23T23:12+0200jordantimes-a01e6b5d9d8d3c2ed3c68298c1d7f4ed20230723231200https://phys.org/news/2023-07-thousands-greek-island-southern-swelters.htmlAround 30,000 people were moved to safety on the Greek island of Rhodes where a wildfire burned on Saturday, while people in the southern United States struggled under a record-breaking heat wave. Tens of millions of people have been suffering through intense heat this summer and the world looks set for its hottest July on record.2023-07-23T21:28+0200phys-7759361d0f5eb3abad9fb61e8b1e948220230723212800https://www.vikendi.net/2023/07/23/canada-one-part-sinks-the-other-burns/While fierce forest fires are still raging in large parts of Canada, unusually heavy rains have now triggered flooding in the south-east of the country. Four people, including two children, are still missing. “We got three months’ worth of rain in less than 24 hours,” Novia Scotia Premier Tim Houston said.2023-07-23T15:01+0200vikendi-c44dad6c0b819cb53eda81927df5116e20230723150100https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/505256/World/International/Rhodes-blaze-evacuation-biggest-ever-for-a-fire-in.aspx"We had to evacuate an area of 30,000 people. Everything thank God went smoothly. Everybody, especially tourists, followed what we ordered," Konstantia Dimoglidou, Greek police spokeswoman said. "This is the biggest fire evacuation ever in Greece." Around 30,000 people were moved to safety on the....2023-07-23T11:29+0200ahram-EN-4cd8d6c55cd3d9bd3ccf38c853e2fc9b20230723112900