300 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://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2024-000148-ginDuring the night of July 29 to 30, 2024, heavy rainfall caused flooding and severe damage in 14 neighborhoods of the urban commune of Siguiri and 4 surrounding sub-prefectures. [...] The flood on July 30, 2024, wreaked havoc across more than 23 localities, with the most severely affected areas being....2024-08-19T08:31+0200humanitarianresponse-29d83874457cfcb74415f79cbe43d47520240819083100https://tass.com/world/1829765HARARE, August 15. /TASS/. At least 54 people died in Chad due to the floods in the recent days. The Tibesti Region in the northern part of the country was affected the most, as rains continued for almost a week, reported. "A total of 54 people died due to the flood, which engulfed 6 districts of....2024-08-15T22:15+0200itartass_en-17d75d24b8eea0955d20d662c4b24ae420240815221500https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/3050276-australias-battle-to-save-the-unique-pig-nosed-turtleAustralia’s unique biodiversity is at risk, with species like the pig-nosed turtle facing extinction. Habitat destruction, climate change, and weak environmental laws contribute to this crisis. Conservation efforts are ongoing, but stronger legislation and collaborative action are crucial to protect....2024-08-13T09:44+0200devdiscourse-ae6c5ccf7992ed6988102524d042d2a420240813094400