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 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/28/hurricane-sandy-new-york-coast Category 1 storm is slowly moving north as east coast authorities prepare for power outages and flooding on Monday Tom McCarthy Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:46:00 +0100 guardian en guardian-ea28ad1560ffe62e597a87a188df01e4 ClimateChange Science NaturalDisasters 40.6222 -73.9878 20121028224600 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/28/hurricane-sandy-new-york-coast Category 1 storm is slowly moving north as east coast authorities prepare for power outages and flooding on Monday Tom McCarthy Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:13:00 +0100 guardian en guardian-69f0004eb96ffe71d34c55d806e0761e Science ClimateChange NaturalDisasters 40.6222 -73.9878 20121028161300 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/reinsurers-should-price-in-rise-in-natural-disasters--munich-re Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:05 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters By Sarah Mortimer Oct 17 (Reuters) - Reinsurers should take into account the fact that climate change has boosted natural catastrophes when they price weather disaster insurance, insurer Munich Re said. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:40:00 +0200 alertnet-rss en alertnet-rss-41ed0a6f3eb41db6c273bba9420ec92b ClimateChange NaturalDisasters EuropeAid Environment 20121017194000 http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2012-10/24893307-north-america-most-affected-by-increase-in-weather-related-natural-catastrophes-004.htm A new study by Munich Re shows that North America has been most affected by weather-related extreme events in recent decades. The publication "Severe weather in North America" analyzes all kinds o... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0200 finanznachrichten-en en finanznachrichten-en-611382569b5daed61ad0888fd648de52 FoodSecurityFoodAid ClimateChange Science NaturalDisasters Ecology Environment 38.9051 -77.0162 20121017100000 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-10-05-00-fossil-fuel-industry-a-grim-reaper/ Fifteen thousand South Africans are dying every year because of an economy based on burning fossil fuels. Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:16:00 +0200 mg en mg-c0a9cbe9fd7d63f2eb0b79067b7afeae ClimateChange FoodSecurityFoodAid NaturalDisasters ManMadeDisasters Environment 20121005001600 http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/thousands-displaced-pakistan-monsoon-floods-strike-again Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Country: Pakistan , World To see this news alert with links to the sources click here Over 402,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed, with approximately 4.8 people million people estimated to have been affected by severe monsoon flooding in Pakistan this month. Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:06:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-5a177201cd7261344212b93fa3568238 UNbodies InstitutionalAffairs EuropeAid NaturalDisasters Conflict SecurityCouncil 33.718151 73.060547 20121004210600 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/climate-change-threatens-zambezi-dam-projects Increasing rainfall extremes could make hydropower unreliable and increase – rather than reduce – flood risk, experts warn Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:52:00 +0200 trust en trust-051b7dcc31d7bafb066db3420303531d Environment AlternativeEnergy NaturalDisasters ClimateChange FoodSecurityFoodAid 20121003125200 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/headlines/ensuring-children-s-nutrition-1-4439669 CHRONIC malnourishment leading to stunted human growth, including a smaller brain, is the biggest crisis facing Mozambique. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:04:00 +0100 belfasttoday en belfasttoday-c81a3f4a62ea5d5d65ca4196c188f62d NaturalDisasters UNbodies Conflict FoodSecurityFoodAid -25.9622 32.5737 20121102150400