26820 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://wlos.com/news/local/shaking-continues-aftershocks-continue-after-wednesday-earthquake-in-tennessee(WLOS) — There have been four earthquakes in the United States in the last 30 days, one of which was a 4.44 earthquake that hit East Tennessee early Wednesday morning. The quake happened in Decatur, Tennessee, about 180 miles from Asheville, just before 4:15 a.m., about six miles underground.Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:41:00 +0100wlos-1ae65fbff60dfe089c1f8d8c6d5c181c20181213164100https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/13/gigantic-fireball-exploded-us-airbase-force-caused-earthquake-8244349/A ‘fireball’ that detonated over a US airbase in Greenland sparked an explosion so powerful it caused an earthquake. The meteor blew up over Thule Airbase with the force of an atomic bomb, on July 25, prompting a prominent nuclear expert to say the US military could easily have mistaken the....Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:40:00 +0100metro-uk-582e0bb67e4d74f36d172101fbb6b01a20181213164000https://www.newsweek.com/kilauea-volcano-hawaii-eruption-2018-biggest-dangerous-study-scientists-1255180In April, Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano started to erupt, and it did not stop until August. Over this time, magma drained from the volcano and the caldera collapsed. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, recovery from the eruption could cost $800 million.Thu, 13 Dec 2018 05:08:00 +0100newsweek-USA-99449e7c5e412eee6b1730f433a2c6ee20181213050800http://ec.europa.eu/echo/aggregator/sources/8_enEuropean Commission - Press release Brussels, 10 December 2018 The European Commission has released an additional €5 million to provide life-saving food assistance to the Rohingya communities stranded in Bangladesh. This comes on top of the €40 million in humanitarian aid announced in May in response to the crisis.Thu, 13 Dec 2018 04:34:00 +0100EC-d8ef1f826969f2c9f8b1a81938f7287720181213043400