13700 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://repeatingislands.com/2018/12/20/coastal-flooding-forecasts-strengthened-in-caribbean/An operational system has been developed on the island of Hispaniola to produce and disseminate new early warning information on coastal flooding, which will help save lives and protect property in low-lying, populated coastal areas. There is potential to enhance this early warning platform in the future and to extend it to other Caribbean nations.Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:31:00 +0100repeatingislands-d0b39576b4ead99d49df016bdaf32fbd20181221063100https://www.ibtimes.com/new-caledonia-earthquake-tsunami-warning-issued-immediate-evacuation-ordered-after-75-2739003New Caledonia Earthquake: Tsunami Warning Issued, Immediate Evacuation Ordered After 7.5-Magnitude Quake. UPDATE: 2.00 a.m. EST - Reports said the tsunami warning has been extended to as far as Fiji. Eric Backes, director of civil defense authority, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, said, “We activated the alert sirens.Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:06:00 +0100ibtimes-9c55088e7610614c8f2ae58bdbd6173e20181217090600https://www.fijitimes.com/35-mile-wide-damage-trail/THE hurricane on January 28, 1952 was the worst disaster of its kind in Fiji’s modern history. From the northern islands of the Yasawa group to Suva the hurricane, which had some of the characteristics of a typhoon left a belt of destruction officially stated to be 35 miles wide.Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:12:00 +0100fijitimes-3ef37d87fc87b622e0fd183e2cac7b1220181209001200https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/377802/monthly-tsunami-drills-planned-for-fijiFiji's National Disaster Management Office says it will conduct tsunami drills every month. The director of the office, Anare Leweniqila, told the Fiji Times the drills will be conducted on the 5th of every month and will challenge people to react at inconvenient times.Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:32:00 +0100rnzi-d49a375821d77198ca96052e5c3b5f2b20181208043200