340110 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.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-a-shift-in-gear/article24849528.eceKerala’s unique topography — of coastal plains and rolling hills between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats — is vulnerable to several natural hazards, landslides, flooding and coastal erosion being the most common. Incidents of flooding have become frequent, aided by human intervention.Sun, 02 Sep 2018 21:35:00 +0200thehindu-b158d4a47bce198461b1b9c590480d1220180902213500http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2018-09-01/earthquake-damage-causes-4-schools-remain-closedFour primary schools will remain closed tomorrow, at the start of the new school term, mainly as a result of post-earthquake damage. They have been deemed unfit by the Ministry of Education through its structural engineers. The schools are Curepe Anglican, Forest Reserve Anglican School, Santa Maria RC, and Dayanand Memorial Vedic School.Sun, 02 Sep 2018 06:34:00 +0200Triniad-guardian-29db88839ef0ffcee37ae8b6bc910da520180902063400http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/09/01/why-beef-rendang-is-the-right-food-to-send-to-natural-disaster-victims.htmlRendang can be incorporated into both modern and traditional dishes. (Shutterstock/-) In response to the recent Lombok earthquake, West Sumatra administration was said to have sent at least 400 kilograms of beef rendang . More than just classified as a world-famous dish, rendang, made of meat....Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:33:00 +0200JakartaPost-c0d2718511f1146e50e3e065b5bbad5720180902053300https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-schools-set-to-open-in-yurts/29465325.htmlChildren in Kyzyl-Ozgorush were promised a new school last year when their rundown classrooms were officially deemed too dangerous to use. But with a new schoolyear set to begin, there are no signs of a new facility in the village in southern Kyrgyzstan.Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:43:00 +0200rferl-cc8a1536b61c00377c82719e91726ee120180901144300