161180 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.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/01/01/usman-among-deadliest-storms-to-hit-philippines/Manila: Tropical Storm Usman, which entered the Philippines on Christmas Day, emerged as the deadliest weather disaster for the country this year following Typhoon Mangkhut in September. Usman, a slow-moving storm with winds of up to 55kph, killed at least 61 people as it triggered floods and....Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:29:00 +0100manilametro-6b433b39b3f48585a783c25387ebb2e320190104172900https://www.emirates247.com/news/death-toll-in-landslides-floods-in-philippines-climbs-to-122-2019-01-03-1.677253The death toll from landslides and floods in the eastern Philippines has climbed to 122 as emergency teams reach isolated areas and recover more bodies, officials said Thursday. According to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA, quoted civil defence and disaster risk reduction officials as saying that....Thu, 03 Jan 2019 22:24:00 +0100manilametro-9ec3c4c92506b69c13aeb149761d412120190103222400https://www.tvm.com.mt/en/news/etna-volcano-has-moved-by-50-cm/Researchers have found that the Etna volcano has moved by 50 cm following last week’s eruption. The volcano eruption had started on Christmas Eve, and a strong earth tremor hit the area on Boxing Day. Using satellite radar and measuring the volcano’s movements, researchers found that the eruption....Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:23:00 +0100tvm-301f0d0f669bcd4295b5f133498ec8c920190103152300https://www.emirates247.com/news/death-toll-in-landslides-floods-in-philippines-climbs-to-122-2019-01-03-1.677253The death toll from landslides and floods in the eastern Philippines has climbed to 122 as emergency teams reach isolated areas and recover more bodies, officials said Thursday. According to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA, quoted civil defence and disaster risk reduction officials as saying that....Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:08:00 +0100emirates247-9ec3c4c92506b69c13aeb149761d412120190103090800