404100 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://reliefweb.int/report/world/un-highlights-urgent-need-tackle-man-made-and-technological-hazardsGENEVA, 4 December, 2018 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today launched the Implementation Guide for Man-made and Technical Hazards in response to the growing number and magnitude of man-made disasters worldwide. UNISDR Director, Kirsi Madi, speaking at the launch -....Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:57:00 +0100reliefWeb-72bdb01fe16d950717c218d721b35c9320181204165700https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/progressing-together-50-years-partnership-between-government-indonesia-and-world-fSince 1998 alone, WFP has assisted 15 million people across Indonesia, through a mix of direct food assistance and cash-based transfers. This includes people impacted by the Indian Ocean Tsu-nami, when WFP was present on the ground assisting the government provide emergency relief to more than 3....Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:45:00 +0100wfp-cc49e65412005392661f3e8bfd3e279220181204164500https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/12/04/how-the-1964-good-friday-earthquake-helped-anchorage-withstand-last-fridays-quake/In March 1964 the most powerful earthquake on record in the United States hit Alaska. The 8.3 to 9.2 earthquake, the quake was so strong that no seismometer in the affected area recorded it correctly, lasted for five minutes and triggered widespread destruction, 2,000 landslides, a 98 ft high tsunami and killed 139 people.Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:25:00 +0100forbes-421219fc8c36876305ed284955c8a21920181204132500https://acento.com.do/2018/bbcmundo/8630394-terremoto-en-alaska-fuerte-sismo-de-magnitud-7-golpea-anchorage/Un potente terremoto de magnitud 7 sacudió este viernes los alrededores de Anchorage, la ciudad más poblada de Alaska, Estados Unidos. Medios locales reportaron destrozos en edificios e infraestructura en la ciudad y usuarios de redes sociales publicaron imágenes de daños sufridos en viviendas y....Tue, 04 Dec 2018 11:26:00 +0100acento-8920bce57f1b136ace67119bd7d11dca20181204112600