17250 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.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46515833Image copyright Georgia Institute of Technology Image caption The tsunami came ashore within three minutes of the quake. Scientists are getting closer to understanding the tsunami that struck Palu in Indonesia in September. Damaging waves rushed ashore after a Magnitude 7.Tue, 11 Dec 2018 01:09:00 +0100bbc-d72a6aa648bb322257cf20c7b7e442af20181211010900https://www.newsweek.com/hurricanes-floods-wildfires-2018-extreme-weather-pictures-1252076Wild weather dominated the headlines in 2018. As early as January, the east coast of America was bitten by sub-zero weather conditions, breaking the record for the lowest temperatures in some areas. A powerful blizzard deposited a foot of snow onto New England and caused flooding in coastal areas.Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:33:00 +0100newsweek-3dc668fb861036167e984cfa3e17390a20181210173300https://www.semana.com/noticias/vladimir-putin/102755PODCAST | 2018/12/02 13:19 Las crisis internas de ambos países llamaron la atención del mundo esta semana. En Ucrania, las tensiones militares con Rusia prendieron las alarmas de la Unión Europea y en Francia, las protestas prometen ampliar el margen de los votos de la extrema derecha.Sat, 08 Dec 2018 05:13:00 +0100semana-cca587677e2790662a126e2a71a576e020181208051300https://reliefweb.int/report/world/central-emergency-response-fund-most-profitable-investment-you-can-make-good-humankindSG/SM/19398-IHA/1460. Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the annual high-level pledging conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund, in New York today: Effectively, there are things that I do not know much about. There are things that I do not care so much for.Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:30:00 +0100reliefWeb-963c033aa26f15d716374fca95105b3920181208003000