262510 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://wcfcourier.com/news/national/emergency-planners-plan-for-deadly-big-one-earthquake/article_a1a9048e-c5b7-5f20-b8f1-7dbb4dc3bbb7.htmlPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 21:19:00 +0100wcfcourier-84bd5bb436b11840863b251612af254920160120211900http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/national/emergency-planners-plan-for-deadly-big-one-earthquake/article_fabab27d-950c-579b-9eef-2f3293c954a2.htmlPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 21:15:00 +0100siouxcityjournal-109adb921b64d87339f4b512333e7caa20160120211500http://phys.org/news/2016-01-emergency-planners-deadly-big-earthquake.htmlTsunami waters surge through coastal communities. Buildings, bridges and roads lie in ruins. Fires burn out of control. Survivors are stranded on rooftops, cling to floating debris or are trapped inside wrecked buildings. Seismologists say a full rupture of a 650-mile-long offshore fault running....Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:59:00 +0100phys-648607d0310467914da06b78b626d77320160120205900http://www.usnews.com/news/science/articles/2016-01-20/emergency-planners-work-on-playbooks-for-the-deadly-big-oneEmergency planners are putting together contingency plans that are intended to lessen the loss of life and damage when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest In this July 15, 2015, photo provided by the Washington State Army National Guard, a Washington National Guard UH-....Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:58:00 +0100usnews-2abc3ce26f5a3631784260fd2d1adeab20160120205800