1900 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://reliefweb.int/report/world/cred-crunch-newsletter-issue-no-50-march-2018-natural-disasters-2017-lower-mortalityIn 2017, EM-DAT data indicates that 318 natural disasters occurred, affecting 122 countries. The impact of which resulted in 9,503 deaths, 96 million people affected, and US$314 billion in economic damages. The human impact of natural disasters in 2017 was much lower than the last 10 year average,....Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:54:00 +0200reliefWeb-e4bdcd4639429f3497b7805448aafb9e20180409125400https://www.mmtimes.com/news/100-schools-receive-earthquake-training.htmlA hundred basic education schools in the Yangon Region have been chosen for an earthquake awareness programme, according to U Win Shwe, director of the department of disaster management, Yangon Region. Schools with the highest potential of earthquake occurrence in Yangon Region were selected for....Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:57:00 +0200mmtimes-3d40b9d0c67cbb361aae9149d62f5f5c20180406035700https://www.news.lk/news/business/item/19991-undp-sri-lanka-to-conduct-tsunami-drills-in-schoolsThe UNDP Country Offices across Asia and the Pacific region are implementing a program funded by the supported by the Government of Japan to strengthen school preparedness for tsunamis in Asia and the Pacific and five Sri Lankan schools will take part in the program.Sun, 01 Apr 2018 08:25:00 +0200news-lk-457aa3e7808471abd7b055ec950d2d3f20180401082500http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2018/04/01/news/undp-sri-lanka-conduct-tsunami-drills-schoolsFive Sri Lankan schools to be a part of 90 tsunami drills in 90 schools across 18 countries in Asia and the Pacific. The2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami claimed the lives of more than thirty-five thousand Sri Lankans and affected more than one million people across the island.Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:04:00 +0200sundayobserver-da50ae3a397cdbee6ba2303c2820120920180331210400