113530 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://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/let-the-kerala-floods-not-be-another-tsunami-story/story-zSsDZY2CRoSFKdlPstqPlN.htmlIn 2014, 10 years after the devastating tsunami ravaged the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, I was in the southern state to report on the rogue phenomenon’s 10th anniversary. While most people I met during the assignment local administrators, NGO workers and people spoke to me about the tsunami....Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:32:00 +0200HindustanTimes-2ce057cacd44e784cc981ea425f39ca020180822143200https://www.newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/things-keep-me-nightIt’s been a grim couple of months across the world. There was the earthquake in Indonesia that claimed over 430 lives, the fires in Greece, Portugal and the US and, most recently, the bridge collapse in Genoa Italy that killed dozens. These are some of the things that keep me awake at night.Sat, 18 Aug 2018 20:15:00 +0200newtimes-RW-67dcba3db7d33c61b4bf5db7f8a3ce6d20180818201500http://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/1/1/12Abstract Monitoring seismic structural response is an essential issue in earthquake risk assessments and mitigation studies for monumental buildings in order to undertake earthquake disaster management. This study aims at identifying the resonant frequency of soil and modern and historical buildings....Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:46:00 +0200mdpi-4c34c981f1bba0f55eed96670021e21720180815164600http://www.wfsb.com/story/38863783/albania-hit-by-magnitude-51-earthquake-buildings-crackTIRANA, Albania (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off northern Albania on Saturday, damaging some buildings, authorities said. Albania's Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment reported that the quake occurred at 5:38 p.m. (1538 GMT) some 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the capital, Tirana.Sat, 11 Aug 2018 20:44:00 +0200wfsb-decc4d1072360a58438534932e801f6120180811204400