5800 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/world/1063900/tonga-earthquake-pacific-islands-magnitudeThe earthquake struck at just past 2pm today local time. The epicentre was roughly 151 km north of Neiafu, the second largest town in Tonga with a population of around 6,000. No tsunami warning has been issued but aftershocks are possible. Local authorities are instructing individuals to prepare for....Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:16:00 +0100express-4dc6a40074eb2126c6cfc40836a203cd20181226191600https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3524196/0/por-que-hay-tantas-catastrofes-naturales-indonesia/#socialNo es casualidad que el término tsunami proceda de la unión de las palabras japonesas tsu (puerto o bahía) y nami (ola), pues el país nipón conoce de primera mano los efectos de esta catástrofe natural, consistente en una ola gigante que arrasa todo a su paso.Wed, 26 Dec 2018 04:53:00 +010020minutos-188cb9b5c1fc1e75a9d8ba6f11b6ad6120181226045300http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30361138Originating in Indonesia and spreading through the Indian Ocean, the giant 2004 wave destroyed the fishing village of Ban Nam Khem, wrecked the school and killed as many as 4,000 Phang Nga residents. In Thailand alone, the death toll rose to above 5,000. Across the region it took more than 200,000 lives.Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:31:00 +0100nationmultimedia-948d58878d32509dfd355845a63c10ae20181226013100