1076470 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://reliefweb.int/report/ecuador/ecuador-floods-dref-preliminary-final-report-mdrec011A. Situation analysis. A.1 Description of the disaster. At 23:00 on 24 January rains over the province of Esmeraldas started increasing in intensity, causing the overflowing of the Esmeraldas, Muisne, Quinindé, San Lorenzo, Eloy Alfaro, Rioverde and Atacames rivers, which led to landslides that....Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:11:00 +0200reliefWeb-9ec5ab599e6c2b72d47577bbed01014b20160928011100http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/314387/earthquake-commission-ceo-to-step-downEarthquake Commission chief executive Ian Simpson has announced he will be stepping down from the role at the end of the year. EQC chief executive Ian Simpson is to take up a new role as chief executive of GNS Science. Photo: RNZ / Maja Burry. Commission chairman Sir Maarten Wevers said Mr Simpson....Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:08:00 +0200rnzi-8ceaa1c23765f33fea98361a8217f2b220160928010800http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-earthquakes-may-be-more-likely-during-new-and-full-moons/Every two weeks, on the full and new moons, the sun, moon and Earth fall along a nearly straight line. The combination of gravitational forces in this arrangement creates large swings in the tides . But the celestial alignment affects more than the oceansit also tugs on Earth’s crust, adding to the stress on faults.Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:02:00 +0200scientificamerican-6914f95132fd4b73ab4b760b361cf8b720160928010200http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-09/28/c_135718341.htmATHENS, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Rhodes island on early Wednesday, according to the EuroMediterranean Seismic Center. No injuries or major damages have been reported so far by local authorities, according to Greek national news agency AMNA and local newspaper Rodiaki.Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:56:00 +0200xinhuanet_en-fa14607be90554f23ac88c063d4565ee20160928005600