147150GDACS 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 TSUNAMI SHOCK Dad swept to his death as 'meteotsunamis' batter Majorca and Menorca A GERMAN dad-of-two has died after being swept to sea in Majorca - just hours after a 'meteotsunami' laid waste to the holiday island's beaches. The unnamed tourist, 52, died yesterday after being dragged to sea in front of his wife and children.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6795390/majorca-menorca-mini-tsunami-wave-beach-tourists/A meteotsunami is generated when rapid changes in atmospheric pressure cause the displacement of a body of water. It often emerges as the forerunner of a thunderstorm and a cold weather front. Meteorologists speak of an inversion when the air on the ground is cooler than in the upper air layers,....Wed, 18 Jul 2018 04:37:00 +0200thesun-1f3aeb74c6eab92a1ac0a0b7f5eba8b920180718043700IOM in Humanitarian Operations and Clustershttp://www.iom.int/iom-humanitarian-operations-and-clustersIn 2005, the Humanitarian Reform Process got underway with the Cluster Approach that includes nine thematic clusters/areas of work and cluster leads being agreed to by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Principles. IOM has played a substantial role in the Cluster Approach assisting in the....Wed, 18 Jul 2018 04:37:00 +0200iom-72547868d2d0ffc67d6a1b5d3ea5182b201807180437002:52 Earthquake of 5.9 Magnitude Shakes Salomon Islandshttp://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=31162&SEO=earthquake-of-5.9-magnitude-shakes-salomon-islands17 de julio de 2018, 14:52 Washington, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale today shook Salomon Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, reported the United States Geological Survey (USGS). According to the agency, the epicenter of the telluric movement was located at....Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:16:00 +0200plenglish-3826b8a32d818d2b9bdeec9d9c58953c20180717211600Barbados: 2nd Batch of the CARICOM Disaster Relief Unit being trained in Barbadoshttps://reliefweb.int/report/barbados/2nd-batch-caricom-disaster-relief-unit-being-trained-barbadosBridgetown, Barbados July 16th, 2018 – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Coordinating Unit (CDEMA CU) and the Regional Security System Headquarters (RSS HQ) convened a second training workshop of the CARICOM Disaster Relief Unit (CDRU) to serve the region during the period August 2018 to July 2019.Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:31:00 +0200reliefWeb-f99069bdeee918e76500f71c8c0e411120180717173100