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://phys.org/news/2014-09-nasa-tracks-norbert-moisture-arizona.html Post-tropical storm Norbert may have been centered a couple of hundred miles off the northwestern coast of Mexico's Baja California, but the flow of warm, moist air that spun around it generated drenching thunderstorms over Arizona. NASA's TRMM satellite saw Norbert's remnants and those Arizona.... Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:32:00 +0200 phys en phys-1f36806d6e39326f72eb9e0b5feeaa61 NaturalDisasters 37.84444 -94.359749 31.17975 -111.194801 33.509 -112.11 46.489182 -115.800102 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 30.5464749448692 -115.086886992837 38.994833 -76.885732 20140910183200 http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Tropical-Storm-Odile-hovers-off-southern-Mexico-5749648.php A tropical storm watch was in effect from Manzanillo north to Cabo Corrientes, and dangerous surf and riptides were forecast. The hurricane center said the fifth named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season had sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph) and was centered 1,245 miles (2,000 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands. Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:00:00 +0200 chron en chron-b75e26942fb8852e02a76c03143fc54d NaturalDisasters 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 20140913010000 http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Tropical-Storm-Odile-hovers-off-southern-Mexico-5749648.php A tropical storm watch was in effect from Manzanillo north to Cabo Corrientes, and dangerous surf and riptides were forecast. The hurricane center said the fifth named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season had sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) and was centered 1,245 miles (2,000 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands. Sat, 13 Sep 2014 03:01:00 +0200 chron en chron-4b7fa362890dc2c740abfca406e6071b NaturalDisasters 25.0672 -77.3402 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 20140913030100 http://www.680news.com/2014/09/13/hurricane-odile-slowly-intensifying-along-mexicos-southern-pacific-coast/ MEXICO CITY – Odile is now a weak hurricane, slowly intensifying as it spins northwest along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Odile’s maximum sustained winds had increased to 80 (130 kph) by late Saturday morning. Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:41:00 +0200 680news en 680news-a6aa0e121d2e47aaec5b353e20baeb0e NaturalDisasters 39.175388 -91.884277 20140913184100 http://www.weather.com/news/tropical-update-atlantic-pacific-hurricane-season-20140513 EASTERN PACIFIC. Odile rapidly strengthened Saturday night in an atmospheric and oceanic environment that practically begged it to do so. The center will likely make its closest approach to the southern tip of Baja shortly after midnight (EDT). The close approach may indeed bring (sustained) hurricane force winds to Cabo . Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:36:00 +0200 climate-weather en climate-weather-8d400d5a7521da6c7506a82d6f700280 NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 19.250731 -103.7351 21.0319 105.82 25.22122 -103.428902 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 25.912525007683 -112.039054696251 19.2009736190282 -101.889798184187 35.2086 110.727 20140915013600 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-16-hoffman-estates-firefighters-stranded-at-mexican-resort-20140918-story.html Sixteen firefighters from Hoffman Estates -- about 20 percent of the department -- are stuck in Cabo San Lucas after Hurricane Odile struck while they were at the Mexican resort for a wedding. Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:54:00 +0200 chicagotribune en chicagotribune-95c6cad9ba61a00e2d3b1fc4c4017846 NaturalDisasters 30.5464749448692 -115.086886992837 20140918155400