2131 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.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/12/18/floods-number-of-evacuees-rise-in-kelantan-perak-last-night/108065According to the Disaster Info portal of the Social Welfare Department (JKM), only Pasir Mas and Tanah Merah districts are still affected by the floods and all victims are being housed in 15 temporary relief centres (PPS). In Pasir Mas, the evacuees are placed in Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Gual Tinggi,....2023-12-18T00:40+0100malaymail-70e8e9107ac600bd8f0e0a5f3086338f20231218004000https://www.rediff.com/news/report/heavy-rain-pounds-southern-tamil-nadu-ndrf-teams-deployed/20231217.htmOn Sunday, heavy rains lashed Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi districts. Some regions recorded very heavy rainfall. Since Saturday, light to moderate rainfall was recorded at most places of southern Tamil Nadu. Surplus water is being released from Pechiparai, Perunjani and....2023-12-17T17:15+0100rediff-c063df82c4ba47f54b6fded9d657ab0820231217171500https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2255060KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- The number of flood victims in Kelantan and Perak continues to rise tonight, while the situation in Terengganu and Selangor is reportedly improving. In KELANTAN the number of flood victims increased to 4,840 people from 1,528 families as at 8 pm tonight, compared to 4,114 people from 1,282 families this morning.2023-12-17T15:53+0100bernama-3692c6744058b43d55cfe657ba2ad22920231217155300https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/heavy-rain-batters-tamil-nadu-more-showers-expected-tomorrow-4691553Chennai: Heavy rains under the influence of a cyclonic circulation lashed southern Tamil Nadu on Sunday inundating several areas in districts including Kanyakumari. Since the Thamirabarani river is in spate, Chief Minister M K Stalin directed authorities to release surplus water into the Kannadian....2023-12-17T15:33+0100ndtvnews-432859c3115f789f8ddb6a558e0e540a20231217153300