30780 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 http://www.iran-daily.com/News/231913.htmlJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has begun cooperation with the Iranian Ministry of Science Research and Technology, Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization (TDMMO) and a number of Iranian universities in the field of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in earthquake, said the chief representative of JICA Iran Office.Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:14:00 +0200iran-daily-c684e148d4479e6ca06817266bb0725220180926201400https://psmag.com/news/why-people-rush-in-to-help-communities-struck-by-disasterA resident walks from her flooded house toward the crew of the Cajun Navy in Lumberton, North Carolina, on September 15th, 2018, in the wake of Hurricane Florence. (Photo: Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Images) It's a popular myth that when disasters strike, people become looting, panicking, clown-trampling George Costanzas.Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:27:00 +0200psmag-0956e466d8fbaff99841ab0d5a87541b20180926122700https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/swift-assistance-needed-to-rehabilitate-hokkaidos-quake-stricken-industries-theTOKYO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A half month has passed since the Hokkaido earthquake, which registered the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7. To realise Hokkaido's post-quake rehabilitation, it is indispensable to rebuild its industries.Wed, 26 Sep 2018 05:13:00 +0200straitstimesSG-e1ad71402067351d7a5af5a8a85c8af420180926051300https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1493224&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29The Japanese government plans to fully launch in fiscal 2019 a system in which information on earthquakes, heavy rain and other disasters collected by government agencies and local authorities is displayed on electronic maps, informed sources have said.Tue, 25 Sep 2018 04:52:00 +0200japantimes-8c0138e3e2dbdf9b65b5ea6f0628608c20180925045200