375470 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.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-pacific-northwest-big-one-1.3411659?cmp=rssMilitary and civilian officials on the west coast of the United States are preparing plans for what could one day be the country's largest emergency response to a natural disaster. The plans include waves of cargo planes, helicopters and ships, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers, emergency....Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:10:00 +0100CBC-015441ab9f6884c67f6be89fdf57507620160120181000http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/opinion/2016/01/21/vugt-life-vocation-452868A VOCATION is a calling from God. It demands a total commitment, a life-time commitment to selfless love, because God is love. You really need faith in order to fulfill that commitment. Take for instance what happened in Japan some time ago with the earthquake and the tsunami, a terrible disaster.Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:55:00 +0100sunstar-7646525640f0c8782990a6d27b1f0bf320160120175500http://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-emergency-planners-draft-playbook-for-deadly-big-one/PORTLAND, Ore. -- As military helicopters ferry search and rescue teams over the Pacific Northwest, below them are scenes of devastation from a giant earthquake that could strike the region at any time. Tsunami waters surge through coastal communities. Buildings, bridges and roads lie in ruins. Fires burn out of control.Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:47:00 +0100CBSnews-40da50dbff6e7e2eb54cc9c64487369820160120174700http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2016/01/20/robot-fukushima-toshiba-video_n_9028272.html?utm_hp_ref=france&ir=FranceROBOT - Plusieurs groupes japonais avaient présenté mi-décembre une équipe de robots "décontaminateurs" pour nettoyer les bâtiments des réacteurs nucléaires inaccessibles à l'homme à la centrale accidentée de Fukushima. Trois imposants engins sur chenilles, capables de se déplacer sur instructions....Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:31:00 +0100huffingtonpost-fr-fr-fdf8db07060091c5309f986795ea5fc520160120173100