307270 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.whittierdailynews.com/2018/10/18/millions-take-part-in-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill/LOS ANGELES — The annual Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill was held Thursday, with people in the Southland and around the globe encouraged to drop, cover and hold to test their level of preparedness for a major temblor. The 10th annual drill took place at 10:18 a.m.Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:05:00 +0200whittierdailynews-d70038301946d7fe8a5f83ee6ce938b720181019000500https://www.dailynews.com/2018/10/18/millions-take-part-in-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill/LOS ANGELES — The annual Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill was held Thursday, with people in the Southland and around the globe encouraged to drop, cover and hold to test their level of preparedness for a major temblor. The 10th annual drill took place at 10:18 a.m.Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:45:00 +0200dailynews-d70038301946d7fe8a5f83ee6ce938b720181018234500http://jonesbahamas.com/bahamian-clergy-heading-to-haiti/In the wake of Haiti’s devastating 5.9 magnitude earthquake two weeks ago, the Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander announced that the Bahamas National Baptist convention is set to send a delegation to Haiti next week Monday. The delegation along with other leaders of the....Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:59:00 +0200jonesbahamas-704c2b9a3b342e3026944a22b54cdeb320181018185900https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/10/959dc6398d8888/oregons-worst-disasters-berser.htmlFifty-six years have now gone by since the great Columbus Day storm. Oregon has seen more than its share of terrible events since then, just as it had before, but the 1962 "Big Blow" retains a strong hold on the state's collective memory. Below, we take a look at some of the worst disasters to befall Oregon.Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:22:00 +0200oregonlive-61ac96b533f8cba1a950739f2d0ebdf720181018172200