35530 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.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/coastal-areas-in-state-go-through-a-tsunami-preparedness-drill/article20807799.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationCoastal fishermen village Konapapapeta in Thondani mandal of East Godavari district was buzzing with activity on Friday with officials of about 30 government departments conducting a mock drill to create awareness among the local people on tsunami preparedness.Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:48:00 +0100thehindu-548213ff6b8b8bad48198375ee26704720171124204800http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/tsunami-mock-drill-conducted/article20811035.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationA tsunami mock drill was conducted at Peda Jalaripeta in the city and at Chukkavanipalem in Bhimunipatnam on Friday from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. The drill saw a series of relief measures being extended to victims in the scenario of earthquake in the Nicobar Islands triggering tsunami.Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:48:00 +0100thehindu-5c7db28d9baa94ff1bbec9d0b6daab6d20171124204800http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/chennai-port-cargo-work-halted-for-tsunami-drill/article20808269.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationAll the cargo work at the Chennai port were stopped and all the ships were evacuated to the deep sea even as the working personnel were moved to an elevated area away from the shore as part of the massive mock drill conducted on the East Coast by the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) based....Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:48:00 +0100thehindu-8cd65363e8e663f523f216474bdb899720171124204800http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/states-preparedness-to-calamities-tested/article20811032.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationA total of 4,399 areas in the coastal regions of the State have been identified as vulnerable to tsunami by a comprehensive study on natural calamities. These areas have been categorised, based on tidal heights, as very highly vulnerable, highly vulnerable, moderately vulnerable and those with low vulnerability.Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:48:00 +0100thehindu-ac7db717ed0ab2a3051f30b27d64498e20171124204800