4030 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.naijanews.com/2023/12/18/lagos-tops-list-of-cities-that-could-sink-by-2100/The economic centre of Nigeria, Lagos , has been ranked second on the list of cities that would likely disappear by 2100. Naija News reports that Lagos, surrounded by water, was included in the list reeled out during the weekend by the World Economic Forum through World of Statistics.2023-12-18T09:00+0100naijanews-3b8b87f578c576a99b2a435ea8b8e12320231218090000https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/64537/the-climate-emergencies-of-2023/Coastal areas in Brazil experienced a heavy downpour that killed 36 people. A record 600 mm of rain fell in 24 hours. Greenpeace activists help delivering donations, removing debris and rubble and cleaning houses and streets after the severe rains that hit the North Coast of the São Paulo state.2023-12-15T15:03+0100greenpeace-21d441caaa9a7276bae982fed63660e320231215150300https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03984-6Floods are becoming more intense and frequent around the world. Credit: Thianchai Sitthikongsak/Getty Images. In the past six months alone, floods have hit countries including Italy, Libya and the United States. Beyond the immediate tragedy of lost lives and livelihoods, floods also have longer-term....2023-12-14T15:01+0100nature-Earth-and-Environmental-Sciences-a49c065d1ae7a30ceba13807f009b6b120231214150100https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03984-6Floods are becoming more intense and frequent around the world. Credit: Thianchai Sitthikongsak/Getty Images. In the past six months alone, floods have hit countries including Italy, Libya and the United States. Beyond the immediate tragedy of lost lives and livelihoods, floods also have longer-term....2023-12-14T13:42+0100nature-a49c065d1ae7a30ceba13807f009b6b120231214134200