24090 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/myanmar/4-killed-cyclone-maarutha-hits-irrawaddy-deltaFour people have been killed and about 60 houses destroyed as storms caused by Cyclone Maarutha wreaked havoc in the Irrawaddy Delta. Speaking to DVB yesterday, Irrawaddy Division Transportation Minister Win Htay said, “A 50-year-old man was killed when a tree fell on him in Hinthada Township, while....Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:25:00 +0200reliefWeb-8fa208334c4ec052342aac0bc5e9c1b720170418092500http://www.dvb.no/news/4-killed-cyclone-maarutha-hits-irrawaddy-delta/75157Four people have been killed and about 60 houses destroyed as storms caused by Cyclone Maarutha wreaked havoc in the Irrawaddy Delta. Speaking to DVB yesterday, Irrawaddy Division Transportation Minister Win Htay said, “A 50-year-old man was killed when a tree fell on him in Hinthada Township, while....Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:36:00 +0200dvb-6e7d9437f6a7fb9b31af55f39b29b38420170418063600http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/sfl-i-m-a-goner-el-faro-s-last-hours-as-ship-sails-into-storm-20170415-story.htmlEarlier in his career Davidson had navigated freighters in the Alaska trade, known in the industry as one of the most bruising theaters of sailing. But his leadership had been questioned by TOTE's upper management, and after initially leaning toward offering Davidson the job heading one of its new....Sun, 16 Apr 2017 02:22:00 +0200sun-sentinel-2ea50fa73b70fc878fed7fbb5bd6b3f520170416022200http://www.bradenton.com/news/nation-world/article144844149.html#storylink=latest_sideSix months after Hurricane Matthew tore through Haiti’s southern peninsula, shelter and food remain scarce especially in remote, difficult-to-reach areas. El-Mostafa Benlamlih, the United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator and head of the U.N. Development Program for Haiti, said he would not describe....Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:41:00 +0200bradenton-60bd4199aa5c0e54365282e41a3d4efa20170416004100