21260 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.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/large-sinkhole-appears-on-busy-road-in-indonesian-city-of-surabayaSURABAYA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A large sinkhole appeared in the middle of a busy road in Surabaya in East Java province on Tuesday evening (Dec 18), swallowing part of the four-lane Jalan Raya Gubeng. The sinkhole measured roughly 30m wide and 15m deep. The police have cordoned off the area and arranged a traffic detour.Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:06:00 +0100straitstimesSG-005233b6f44f03584df8545e1ce7691620181219160600https://www.newsweek.com/sinkhole-indonesia-surabaya-hospital-geology-1264623Officials have halted a major construction project at a hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia, after a large sinkhole opened up at the site, local media have reported. The pit—which measures an estimated 100 ft wide and 50 ft deep—appeared by the Siloam Hospital Tuesday night local time, The Jakarta Post stated.Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:11:00 +0100newsweek-USA-af9579b4ab18cf4c43efedeb9b2a76b220181219151100https://www.newsweek.com/sinkhole-indonesia-surabaya-hospital-geology-1264623Officials have halted a major construction project at a hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia, after a large sinkhole opened up at the site, local media have reported. The pit—which measures an estimated 100 ft wide and 50 ft deep—appeared by the Siloam Hospital Tuesday night local time, The Jakarta Post stated.Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:31:00 +0100newsweek-af9579b4ab18cf4c43efedeb9b2a76b220181219143100https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/emergency-phase-may-be-over-rebuilding-and-recovery-will-take-yearsSlowly returning to normal… It’s two o’clock in the morning at Jakarta airport, yet the Garuda plane for Palu is full. There are no humanitarian workers or tourists. The plane is full of locals carrying huge plastic bags full of all sorts of products they cannot find in Palu anymore.Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:04:00 +0100reliefWeb-0ef06686ebcd74d2720c306f203ec12f20181219110400