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://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.hoosiertimes.com/herald_times_online/usatoday/volcano-erupts-in-indonesia-days-after-devastating-earthquake-and-tsunami/article_5824864b-b4ab-5925-b2a9-062ff2509946.htmlA volcano erupted Wednesday on the same island in Indonesia where an earthquake and tsunami last week killed at least 1,400 people. The eruption of Mount Soputan on Sulawesi island in central Indonesia prompted authorities to warn of possible lava flows and ash clouds that could impact air travel.Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:50:00 +0200tmnews-f50e0c62c66b12afe16ce37a50592c2etmnewsen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersDisaster Mitigation AgencyDonald TrumpJoko "Jokowi" Widodo20181003115000https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/10/03/volcano-eruption-rocks-indonesia-after-devastating-earthquake-tsunami/1507607002/A volcano erupted Wednesday on the same island in Indonesia where an earthquake and tsunami last week killed at least 1,400 people. The eruption of Mount Soputan on Sulawesi island in central Indonesia prompted authorities to warn of possible lava flows and ash clouds that could impact air travel.Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:05:00 +0200azcentral-f4aaf8de8d7e091ff5356add84e8591bazcentralen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersDisaster Mitigation AgencyDonald TrumpJoko "Jokowi" Widodo20181003110500https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-now/volcano-erupts-in-indonesia-days-after-devastating-earthquake-and-tsunami/465-30fd3384-21fb-4d20-b8eb-d90776016ebbA volcano erupted Wednesday on the same island in Indonesia where an earthquake and tsunami last week killed at least 1,400 people. The eruption of Mount Soputan on Sulawesi island in central Indonesia prompted authorities to warn of possible lava flows and ash clouds that could impact air travel.Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:39:00 +020012news-a1f5b76b913339a4b74bb010a760e2e812newsen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersDisaster Mitigation AgencyDonald TrumpJoko "Jokowi" Widodo20181003103900https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2018/09/26/sounding-the-alarm-how-iceland-responds-to-natural-disasters/Published September 26, 2018. It is common knowledge to people with even the most cursory knowledge of Iceland that we live on a very geologically active island. Earthquakes are a constant occurrence (even if most of the tremors are too small to be noticeable, let alone threatening) and volcanoes are not at all rare.Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:16:00 +0200grapevine-74bd6e30c5c93de0f7b5f52d24ad3841grapevineen64.99060768658 -18.593991539543NaturalDisastersCivilProtectionCivil ProtectionRed CrossEmergency20180926181600