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.mediafax.ro/english/simulated-earthquake-scenario-reaches-4-380-deaths-17558358. A drill to simulate a high-magnitude earthquake scenario, rolled out by Romanian authorities, estimated a death toll of 4,830 deaths in its fourth day, with 8,000 wounded and approximately 50,000 left homeless. Romania’s General Inspectorate for Emergency Services (IGSU) also announced that,....Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:22:00 +0200mediafax-en-6b47039cbf022953bac9df865aaa63ebmediafax-enen44.4305 26.123NaturalDisastersMigrationEmergency20181016152200http://ec.europa.eu/echo/what/civil-protection/mechanism_enWhy is this important? Civil protection assistance consists of governmental aid delivered in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. It can take the form of in-kind assistance, deployment of specially-equipped teams or assessment and coordination by experts sent to the field. Yet, disasters know no borders.Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:45:00 +0200EC-deef61daa7dfc38cf7c75f82b6c1443cECen64.99060768658 -18.593991539543NaturalDisastersMaritimeTransportEMSACivilProtectionECnewsEU-JapanCivil ProtectionEUEU CommissionEuropean CommissionEmergencyEuropean Maritime Safety AgencyMember States20181015184500https://www.nineoclock.ro/2018/10/14/best-field-hospital-in-the-world-set-up-in-bucharest-as-part-of-earthquake2018-exercise/On Sunday, a delegation of officers and enlisted ranks of the medical corps of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) landed in Romania to take part in the international exercise held in cooperation with the European Union. The delegation consists of 160 active and retired medical and logistics personnel....Sun, 14 Oct 2018 22:21:00 +0200nineoclock-e96d5cc2b48481470949f139bd7663a7nineoclocken44.4305 26.123Hydrogen-CarsNaturalDisastersEU-CaribbeanEU-AsiaHydrogenEurope-AllCategoriesEuropean UnionWorld Health OrganisationIsraeli EmbassyIsraeli Defence ForcesHealth Organisation20181014222100https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/norway-increases-support-victims-earthquake-indonesia‘The situation is critical in the areas of Indonesia that were hit by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 28 September. The Government is now increasing Norway’s support for the rescue efforts by NOK 10 million (around USD 1.2 million), to NOK 24 million (around USD 3 million),’ said Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide.Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:40:00 +0200reliefWeb-3305cc6c4ada6e6a1dd45a5bd728252freliefWeben-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersUNbodiesRed CrossEmergencyIne Eriksen Søreide20181008104000https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/weathering-storm-powerful-lessons-caribbeanFlorence, Joyce, Mangkhut and Olivia. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, raging tropical storms continue to threaten the wellbeing of millions around the world. The death and destruction caused by tropical storms are a stark reminder of coastal communities’ vulnerability to natural hazards and of the....Tue, 25 Sep 2018 06:34:00 +0200reliefWeb-725f2801df1a04870c8147997b7a0dc0reliefWeben18.54299 -72.343102HaitiReconstructionUNbodiesEnvironmentClimateActionNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAidAndrew MortonGlobal Climate Risk Index20180925063400https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/a-wave-from-the-past-may-give-a-glimpse-of-the-future-c3gv73vhzOne day more than 8,000 years ago the Stone Age people living on the east coast of Scotland must have thought the end of the world was coming. A glistening, silvery wall rose up on the horizon of the North Sea, racing towards the coast with an increasingly loud roar.Tue, 25 Sep 2018 04:05:00 +0200thesundaytimes-f16072ec8c2f358ee54239b81248c154thesundaytimesen56.0 -4.0NaturalDisasters20180925040500https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/a-wave-from-the-past-may-give-a-glimpse-of-the-future-c3gv73vhzOne day more than 8,000 years ago the Stone Age people living on the east coast of Scotland must have thought the end of the world was coming. A glistening, silvery wall rose up on the horizon of the North Sea, racing towards the coast with an increasingly loud roar.Tue, 25 Sep 2018 01:14:00 +0200thetimes-f16072ec8c2f358ee54239b81248c154thetimesen56.0 -4.0NaturalDisasters20180925011400