4600 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/indonesia/asean-weekly-disaster-update-27-august-2-september-2018Regional Summary of Week 35 and Outlook for Week 36. 1) In Week 35, the AHA Centre observed floods and landslides in the northern part of the ASEAN region (Philippines, Viet Nam, and Myanmar), which is in stark contrast with drought occurrences in southern part of ASEAN.Mon, 03 Sep 2018 10:08:00 +0200reliefWeb-e4239ec4fc45c4884fc44412541530b920180903100800https://www.aljazeera.com/profile/wayne-hay.html. "Wayne Hay has been covering the Asia/Pacific region since 2001, first with Television New Zealand before joining Al Jazeera English in 2006. In his role at Al Jazeera, he has travelled the region extensively, reporting on everything from elections and natural disasters to surfing in Bali.Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:06:00 +0200aljazeera-en-15ea0a4516f5359b25057bc3cad54a7f20180901120600https://www.newsweek.com/earthquake-manila-philippines-52-magnitude-1099834A 5.2 earthquake hit the Philippines on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The quake struck at around 10:40 p.m. local time, hitting Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, at a depth of 111 kilometers, or about 69 miles.Sat, 01 Sep 2018 04:22:00 +0200newsweek-b27fc654ed6514a9377dfeeb9adb710c20180901042200https://www.rappler.com/nation/210434-dfa-checking-filipinos-iran-earthquake-august-2018?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it is checking whether any Filipinos were among those affected by the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, August 26. In a statement on Sunday, the DFA said it is "monitoring the aftermath of the earthquake.Sun, 26 Aug 2018 10:20:00 +0200rappler-464cb610187c88604547dce456e3e31820180826102000