43100 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.euronews.com/2023/08/11/torrential-rain-and-soaring-temperatures-europe-gripped-by-extreme-weather"I just got a message that we are being evacuated immediately. And that applies to all houses and buildings, I think, that are closest to the river," explained resident Marte Jørsted. "We are on a small peak, so they are afraid that there could be a risk of landslides.2023-08-11T08:52+0200euronews-en-ce0974184b0e6684dba7ad85a6655bab20230811085200https://slovenia.postsen.com/news/148604/In-Croatia-due-to-the-increased-Drava-river-critical-at-the-border-with-Hungary-In-Austria-they-are-eliminating-the-consequences.htmlLake Šoderica, into which the Drava flows due to floods. Photo: Bobo/Pixsell/Luka Stanzl The conditions were most critical at night between Drnje and Hlebina in Podravina due to the rising Drava River, where the embankment began to give way in several places.2023-08-09T05:28+0200slovenia-postsen-9646cd13a3b7c82a6a2b8a32d5c9f78c20230809052800https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/death-toll-from-slovenia-flooding-climbs-to-six/A view on a damaged road in Skofja Loka town in Slovenia, 6 August 2023.Slovenia has been hit by flash floods following heavy torrential rains on 4 August. The country has faced the biggest natural disaster in its history‘ said Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on 5 August.2023-08-08T06:21+0200euractiv-en-866b27269d9044f847a48713616cb2da20230808062100https://www.news18.com/world/extreme-weather-in-europe-death-toll-climbs-to-six-in-slovenia-floods-8527570.htmlThe death toll from days of heavy rains and flooding in Slovenia has climbed to six, police said Monday, as clean-up operations continued with help from neighbouring countries. Prime Minister Robert Golob has described the torrential rains and severe flooding that hit the Alpine country of two....2023-08-08T04:27+0200news18-295aaa766301a423b882ab6e4a73ca3f20230808042700