362780 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.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-22/cyclone-evan-impact-on-samoa-s-economy-as-bad-as-2009-tsunami.html’s economy will be as hard hit by the passage of Cyclone Evan earlier this month as it was by a 2009 tsunami that destroyed 20 villages and killed 143 people , an International Monetary Fund official said. The category 4 storm, which hit the Pacific island country Dec.Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:49:00 +0100bloomberg-5f121c8997a3c8e0df08295f1a97513720121222034900http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=220724PARTS of cyclone-hit Yasawa will get their sprinkle of Christmas cheer this weekend when the government vessel MV Iloilovatu arrives at their doorstep bearing relief supplies.Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:03:00 +0100fijitimes-1b352ee8f96f42f2a2c86c919f41659a20121221220300http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=220718THE people of Namara in Wayalailai will not celebrate Christmas this year. Instead, their focus will be on the rebuilding of homes and lives. Only four homes were spared the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Evan and for the unlucky ones, the category four storm will forever be etched in their minds.Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:03:00 +0100fijitimes-45dd5ffd75d26235f15903fa21cfcff720121221220300http://reliefweb.int/report/samoa/cyclone-economic-impact-samoa-bad-tsunamiSource: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Country: Fiji, Samoa The economic impact of Cyclone Evan on Samoa was at least as bad as the recent tsunami. Listen: Cyclone economic impact on Samoa as bad as tsunami (Credit: ABC) That's according to the International Monetary Fund's resident advisor on the Pacific Island, Yangzheg Yang.Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:58:00 +0100reliefWeb-8af4aea5b6b78e524f04ad2181584ff220121221165800