42330 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://tribune.com.pk/story/923576/report-natural-disasters-forced-20m-from-homes-in-2014/GENEVA: Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased by better construction, a report said on Monday. Asia is particularly prone to natural disasters, accounting for almost 90% of the 19.Tue, 21 Jul 2015 02:45:00 +0200tribune-219277d5b3c86040e5014d587499728e20150721024500http://elperiodicodemexico.com/nota.php?id=797159Ginebra, 20 Jul (Notimex).- Unos 19.3 millones de personas se vieron obligadas a dejar sus hogares en 2014 debido a desastres naturales, inform� hoy el Observatorio de Desplazamiento Interno (IDMC) del Consejo Noruego para los Refugiados (NRC). Estim� que en los �ltimos siete a�os una de cada dos....Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:25:00 +0200elperiodicodemexico-4c69b117fdd98e896cd40c250fa92e8f20150721012500http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?Id=382758Casi 20 millones de personas se han visto forzadas a dejar sus hogares por inundaciones, tormentas y terremotos en 2014, un problema que es probable que empeore debido al cambio climático, pero que podría desaparecer con mejores construcciones, según un informe publicado este lunes por el Consejo....Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:55:00 +0200canarias7-51af0a9e08d2d9cc1feeff922a85fda720150721005500http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/world/asia/disasters-both-natural-and-weather-related-displaced-19-million-in-2014.html?partner=rss&emc=rssChildren in the Philippines swam in a flooding river after a typhoon on Samar Island in December 2014. Credit Francis R. Malasig/European Pressphoto Agency. GENEVA — Natural disasters forced more than 19 million people from their homes in 2014, mostly the result of typhoons, flooding and other....Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:03:00 +0200nytimes-4cfc87f09df8b5958fda845a48676cee20150721000300