16820 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://wam.ae/en/details/1395302717908GENEVA, 2nd November, 2018 (WAM) -- The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today called attention to the significant loss of life and economic losses associated with tsunamis, notably for countries bordering the Indian and Pacific Oceans, over the last twenty years.Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:58:00 +0100wam-en-41b500b9304f57043ea08b1a8808ab4f20181102165800http://vtv.mippci.gob.ve/ee-uu-sismo-de-magnitud-4-1-sacude-california/Publicado el 02/Nov 2018 a las: 10:53 am Por: Dennis Gorrin Epicentro del sismo en California (EE. UU.) (Foto tomada del portal RT – Original del USGS de Estados Unidos) Caracas, 02 de noviembre de 2018.- De acuerdo con el Servicio Geológico del país norteamericano el movimiento telúrico se....Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:41:00 +0100vtv-b4b25d0d14faf66af39666f9978502f120181102164100http://www.ecns.cn/news/2018-11-02/detail-ifyzmsck5341756.shtmlAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck Wakayama Prefecture in southwest Japan on the Kii Peninsula, the weather agency said Friday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor's epicenter was located at a latitude of 33.7 degrees north and longitude of 135 degrees east with a depth of 50 km.Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:02:00 +0100ecns-67f53f09d9392ab8b89ed0c4e656ec4b20181102100200https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/pets-pose-special-problems-in-natural-disastersIf this past summer has taught us anything, it is that Japan is a land of natural disasters. W’d better get used to it, and prepare for it. Just about anything can happen, anywhere, anytime. Preparation involves everything from knowing the location of the nearest shelter to having emergency supplies....Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:16:00 +0100japantoday-447e3912bf678909daf074f0fadeb8a520181101231600