11210 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.bendbulletin.com/nation/5903379-151/hurricanes-wildfires-made-2017-the-most-costly-year?referrer=sectionHurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria combined with devastating Western wildfires and other natural catastrophes to make 2017 the most expensive year on record for disasters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday. The disasters caused $306 billion in total damage in 2017,....Tue, 09 Jan 2018 06:07:00 +0100bendbulletin-25fe6561962f07d3a28cd5746bd7a46a20180109060700http://www.watoday.com.au/world/hurricanes-wildfires-made-2017-the-most-costly-us-disaster-year-on-record-20180108-p4yybw.htmlHurricane Harvey, which sparked extreme flooding in Houston and the surrounding area in August and September, caused $US125 billion in damage, the year's most expensive disaster. Hurricane Maria, which in September set off a fatal and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the US territory of Puerto Rico and elsewhere, caused $US90 billion in damage.Tue, 09 Jan 2018 04:12:00 +0100watoday-de7933a71e0f7b832ae87e63780b2d0e20180109041200http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Earthquake_Awareness_Week_January_7-13?profile=1470McKenzie said that there are more than 30,000 households in over 700 informal settlements islandwide, and the housing stock in many of them is vulnerable to tremors. “If half of the provisions of the Building Bill, inclusive of the Building Code, are obeyed by ordinary citizens, developers and....Tue, 09 Jan 2018 02:01:00 +0100jamaicaobserver-a50658ae4c949e9eaaff0bb41ad2883a20180109020100http://www.noi.md/md/in-lume/alerta-de-tsunami-sute-de-persoane-evacuateUn vulcan din Papa Noua Guinee a erupt pentru prima dată în istorie, iar autoritățile au emis un avertisment de tsunami și au dispus evacuarea a sute de persoane, scrie The Mirror. Insula-vulcan Kadovar din Papua Noua Guinee au fost considerată a fi inactivă pînă pe 5 ianuarie cînd a început să erupă.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:19:00 +0100noi-20b2e73fecb52a9083e00bb5d43195d220180108221900