2000 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.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.Tue, 11 Dec 2018 04:30:00 +0100newsweek-USA-3dc668fb861036167e984cfa3e17390a20181211043000https://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-3dc668fb861036167e984cfa3e17390a20181210173300http://www.ekathimerini.com/235520/article/ekathimerini/news/first-online-maps-showing-earthquake-risk-include-greeceThe first online maps displaying "global seismic hazard" include Greece, pointing to a heightened risk of temblors in Attica. The maps, which were released last week, are the culmination of years of work coordinated by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM), a nonprofit organization based in Pavia,....Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:45:00 +0100kathimerini-en-7e984d960a6a4055e853c7c176f5187e20181210164500https://koztimes.com/in-new-caledonia-there-was-a-danger-of-a-tsunami-because-of-the-earthquake/13072/After a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 near New Caledonia, the region can cover the tsunami. According to the USGS, the focus of the earthquake was 168 km on Southeast from Tadin. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the depth of 10 km About victims and destructions are not reported.Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:02:00 +0100koztimes-5ba3ef4563b8ef9f422b142da1b1b23f20181205160200