6500 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/thailand/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-1-7-jan-2019THAILAND. Tropical Storm Pabuk made landfall in southern Thailand on 4 January, bringing widespread and torrential rainfall affecting 720,885 people and damaging farmland and houses in 16 provinces. Provincial authorities are leading the relief operation with support from national government, Thai Red Cross and local NGOs.Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:59:00 +0100reliefWeb-31bca3bd50c2a8f4da2f317cf0c7346f20190107125900https://www.newsweek.com/tropical-cyclone-mona-track-update-fiji-path-storm-braces-wind-and-rain-1280238Tropical Cyclone Mona was moving through the Pacific Ocean toward Fiji this week, likely bringing severe wind and rain to the area. Mona was classified as a Category 2 storm, packing winds of up to 80 miles per hour. Mona was expected to reach northern and central Fiji on Sunday, and southern Fiji by Monday.Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:40:00 +0100newsweek-USA-6e15ab0c119b233258cc7a726a6a9d5e20190105084000https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/379508/climate-change-hits-home-as-solomons-flood-againLoti Yates, the director of the Solomon Islands Disaster Management Office, is used to dealing with floods. But even he's getting worried with what he has to deal with - and how often. "When I first come ... 15 years ago, we were dealing with floods only on the Guadalcanal plains around this time of year," he said.Sat, 05 Jan 2019 04:39:00 +0100rnzi-de1280a8565fe59297779817f8fa563720190105043900https://www.newsweek.com/tropical-cyclone-mona-track-update-fiji-path-storm-braces-wind-and-rain-1280238Tropical Cyclone Mona was moving through the Pacific Ocean toward Fiji this week, likely bringing severe wind and rain to the area. Mona was classified as a Category 2 storm, packing winds of up to 80 miles per hour. Mona was expected to reach northern and central Fiji on Sunday, and southern Fiji by Monday.Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:04:00 +0100newsweek-6e15ab0c119b233258cc7a726a6a9d5e20190105000400