4630 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://kuwaittimes.com/article/9624/world/europe/2023-deadliest-year-for-forest-fires-worldwide/PARIS: As the deadliest year this century for forest fires comes to a close, attention is turning to how to prevent such infernos happening again. In 2023 forest fires destroyed nearly 400 million hectares (988 million acres) of land around the world, killed more than 250 people and emitted 6.5 billion tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.2024-01-02T18:51+0100kuwaittimes-ab813638c6ebbcd3e1347c419d5b8a8a20240102185100https://www.kompas.id/baca/english/2024/01/02/en-memasuki-musim-panas-australia-justru-diterjang-banjir?open_from=Section_EnglishAFP/BRIAN CASSEY. In a photo taken on Monday (18/12/2023), a number of vehicles can be seen submerged in floodwaters that flooded the Cairns Airport yard in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. SYDNEY, MONDAY - The El Nino phenomenon has caused Australia to face unique extreme weather conditions.2024-01-02T04:12+0100kompas-id-d72dcbd9c10543dafef2fc512534924620240102041200https://www.meteoweb.eu/2024/01/5-peggiori-tsunami-ultimi-100-anni/1001344010/Per il Giappone, il 2024 è iniziato all’insegna della paura, con un terremoto di magnitudo 7.5 (dati USGS) avvenuto lungo le coste occidentali del Paese, che ha causato crolli, incendi e anche uno tsunami . Proprio i maremoti sono tra i disastri naturali più mortali: negli ultimi 100 anni ci sono....2024-01-01T18:23+0100meteoweb-ba5d64762e09e89dcde3c88933c155b620240101182300https://noticiasambientales.com/medio-ambiente/el-humo-de-los-incendios-de-australia-llego-al-cielo-de-argentina/El humo provocado por los incendios en Australia llegó a la Argentina, informó el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), y aseguró que no afecta a la salud ni perjudicará la normalidad de los vuelos. El humo ingresó a la Argentina desde Chile, por la Cordillera de los Andes “a unos cinco mil metros o más”, indicaron.2024-01-01T17:44+0100noticiasambientales-6c92abb87add8f37e60ae5cb0eb4879820240101174400