11450GDACS EMM News Feed 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 KILLER WAVES Boxing Day tsunami 2004 - what happened, which countries were affected? HUNDREDS of thousands died in the tsunami deemed one of the world's worst natural disasters. Here's what we know...https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6803480/what-happened-boxing-day-tsunami-2004-countries-hit-indian-ocean-earthquake-death/Aerial views of Aceh, Thailand few hours after the Tsunami disaster What happened during the Boxing Day tsunami? More than 200,000 died when an underwater earthquake set off the tsunami in the early hours of December 26 2004. At 00.59am GMT a 9.2 magnitude earthquake struck the western coast of Indonesia.Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:33:00 +0200thesun-84117680f43e48491e1504d563eb0de620180717203300Metro Manila quake Drill to push thru amid bad weatherhttp://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1041698MANILA -- The Metro Manila Shake Drill will still push through this week, amid the inclement weather brought about by the monsoon rain enhanced by Tropical Depression “Henry," an official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Tuesday.Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:13:00 +0200pna-361b5dd87a421b43a5ed9ad9f6f8e8fa20180717111300Northern Iran hit by 4.9-magnitude quakehttp://vestnikkavkaza.net/material/114646A 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Iran, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 38 kilometers southeast of the Bojnurd city at 03:58 UTC. The seismic center was located at a depth of 2 kilometers. There have been no reports about victims or possible damages.Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:03:00 +0200vestnikkavkaza-4d3a0712bceea632ac27edb59c95cb7f20180717090300South Americahttp://ec.europa.eu/echo/where/latin-america-carribean/south-america_enis one of the regions most exposed to natural disasters, including earthquakes and related tsunamis (three out of the seven largest earthquakes ever recorded happened in South America), volcanic eruptions (there are more than 204 active volcanoes in the continent), floods, drought, forest fires, hailstorms, and cold waves.Tue, 17 Jul 2018 04:07:00 +0200EC-0e7a9e80ca7120a9ecfa870ce5610e7320180717040700