936130 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 https://www.yahoo.com/news/tsunami-ocean-plastic-acted-rafts-small-sea-life-050259214.htmlAfter a tsunami hit Japan in 2011, hundreds of aquatic species migrated across the ocean to the US by hitching rides on debris that acted as rafts, researchers said Thursday. A total of 289 living species were found in the US on tsunami debris originating from Japan between 2012 and 2017, said the report in the journal Science.Sat, 30 Sep 2017 22:27:00 +0200news-yahoo-9b7fe12f52990ef433f6d01f42e46df220170930222700https://reliefweb.int/report/solomon-islands/solomon-islands-earthquake-dref-operation-n-mdrsb006-final-reportThis final report provides an overview of the operation which concluded on 31 May 2017. An allocation of CHF 161,163 was made from the IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9 December 2016 of which CHF 141,516 was utilized. The balance of CHF 19,647 will be returned to the DREF.Sat, 30 Sep 2017 21:51:00 +0200reliefWeb-9d54c17cd8ff8de9a44a4e63ba4c5fcb20170930215100http://www.shaamtimes.net/article/1515اكتسبت في الآونة الأخيرة نبوءات حول اختفاء الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية شعبية كبيرة على الانترنت على خلفية الكوارث الطبيعية التي تحدث في الولايات المتحدة. فتوقع العراف الفلسطيني زياد سيلفادي أنه سيحدث تسونامي لم يسبق له مثيل في الولايات المتحدة، وبعد ذلك ستحدث كارثة إنسانية كبيرة وبعد ذلك كارثة اقتصادية، وفقا لموقع “روسيسكي ديالوغ”.Sat, 30 Sep 2017 21:49:00 +0200shaamtimes-7db0f1b1aaecdb8e4df91875583ee02420170930214900http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hurricane-stresses-puerto-rico-s-already-weak-health-system-1.3613654SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Martin Lopez was shot in the hand last Saturday by two thieves who made off with his precious cans of gas in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. He was rushed to Centro Medico, a trauma centre in the Puerto Rican capital where in ordinary times he would be quickly treated by surgeons and sent on his way.Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:25:00 +0200barrie-ff8b77c2660059ba91b89f2e826b9c9120170930202500