278130 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://reliefweb.int/report/world/2018-year-review-responding-and-preparing-disasters-across-asia-pacificOverview. Asia-Pacific remains the world's most disaster-prone region and, in 2018, natural disasters once again affected millions of people. During the year the region experienced a number of sudden-onset disasters that prompted international responses, including Tropical Cyclone Gita in Tonga (February), a 7.Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:43:00 +0100reliefWeb-f2cedbdac7f17d97796d3f8656ddfd5220190115184300https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1072621/earthquake-warning-forecast-2019-usgs-magnitude-6A dire warning has been sent out as an earthquake researchers believe the planet could experience “large” seismic activity starting from tomorrow. This is because Earth, Mercury, Venus and the sun have all aligned, causing a gravitational tug-of-war in our galactic neighbourhood.Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:33:00 +0100express-42b5fbf479621d1f6540222064ef53dc20190115183300https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/01/newshub-graphic-reveals-auckland-s-deadly-volcanic-field.htmlAuckland's volcanoes have been revealed in stunning new graphic showing the size of the deadly volcanic field. Scientists say the young field is forecast to erupt again and preparations are already beginning for the next eruption. But experts warn if something does go wrong, there won't be much time to evacuate.Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:57:00 +0100newshub-3bad1b1d46a07c4ba7630b8f315abd9020190115095700https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/15/new-bnpb-head-wants-tni-to-guard-disaster-warning-devices.htmlA string of deadly tsunamis and earthquakes that devastated Indonesia last year has served as a wake-up call for the government to go the extra mile in improving risk management and early warning systems in the disaster-prone country. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gathered his Cabinet members and....Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:11:00 +0100JakartaPost-11113b8f7a476d15c4cc949fbb9258e520190115081100