675820 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/philippines/usda-commodity-intelligence-report-philippines-recent-typhoons-result-limitedThree powerful typhoons ploughed across the northern Philippines in October and December 2016, striking at the heart of the most important agricultural region of the country. Typhoon Sarika struck prime rice growing areas in mid-October 2016, causing widespread flooding and wind-related crop damage.Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:28:00 +0100reliefWeb-082612eec08910ee9cbb8558433cd5ec20170223092800http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/minor-quake-hits-off-b-c-an-hour-after-one-in-washington-state-1.3297628PORT HARDY, B.C. - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rumbled off the coast of British Columbia late Wednesday night. Natural Resources Canada says it struck southwest of Port Alice on northern Vancouver island at a depth of about 10 kilometres. The federal agency says there are no reports of damage and none are expected.Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:26:00 +0100ctvnews-6d60b2bd7c279197dec6e8761ed1d9a920170223092600http://www.zazoom.it/2017-02-23/accadde-oggi-il-23-febbraio-1995-un-terremoto-colpisce-cipro/2546683/(Di giovedì 23 febbraio 2017) Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.9 colpì, il 23 febbraio del 1995 , l’isola di Cipro . Due persone morirono nell’area di Paphos. Ci furono decine di case danneggiate. L’intensità massima raggiunta fu del VI grado MCS. La scossa venne avvertita anche in Israele e Libano.Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:24:00 +0100zazoom-b935dce66ba428117f7ae840ace3dc1920170223092400http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-wednesday-night-vancouver-island-1.3995277?cmp=rssA magnitude 4.4 earthquake rumbled off the coast of British Columbia late Wednesday night. Natural Resources Canada says it struck southwest of Port Alice on Vancouver Island at a depth of about 10 kilometres. The federal agency says there are no reports of damage and none are expected. The U.S.Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:02:00 +0100CBC-493f08295579db56560fd1b33bd2a54820170223090200