51490 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.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2016/09/earthquake_strikes_near_alabam.htmlA small earthquake shook the Mississippi-Alabama state line early Monday (Sept. 5), the United States Geological Survey reported. The 2.6-magnitude temblor struck south of Aliceville, Ala., just before 3:30 a.m. The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., reported that the quake's epicenter was about 12....Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:29:00 +0200nola-ae8e234280a533b057626f97c59d47eb20160905192900http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11703827&ref=rssBy 2045, another 1.2 million people will live in New Zealand. It is time to rethink how we build and maintain the infrastructure networks on which we all rely. The futurist Alvin Toffler coined the phrase 'future shock' nearly 50 years ago to describe what happens when the pace of change becomes so intense that societies start to spin their wheels.Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:27:00 +0200nzherald-13fb0eca45dc9d8db75926b23803aa8b20160905192700http://reliefweb.int/report/italy/coordination-during-disasters-saves-livesEffective coordination among health facilities and front-line responders has been crucial to saving lives in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit central Italy on 24 August 2016. This affirms the critical importance of preparedness and coordination for disaster response. Hospital disaster response plan activated within 30 minutes of earthquake.Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:20:00 +0200reliefWeb-425dc38a1b3abbd5c7327e8a07b7cdb520160905192000http://reliefweb.int/report/world/24-countries-taking-part-tsunami-drillBy Brigitte Leoni. PORT VICTORIA, Seychelles, 5 September 2016 - Memories of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed some 230,000 lives, will be revived this week as 24 countries take part in one of the largest tsunami simulations ever staged. Disaster management officials from Australia,....Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:20:00 +0200reliefWeb-9c65f93395475829f969f092219e8c0d20160905192000