21160 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.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=38600&SEO=natural-disasters-the-challenge-of-saving-livesHavana (Prensa Latina) The death of over 10 thousand persons and the damages caused to 62 million by extreme meteorological events in 2018, imposed on governments the challenge of introducing effective policies of prevention and mitigation. The number of deaths was the sixth lowest in this century,....Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:22:00 +0100plenglish-ea8b729f963a23410286b2de9494722c20190209202200https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=251436&SEO=desastres-naturales-el-reto-de-salvar-vidasLa cifra de decesos se situó como la sexta más baja en lo que va de siglo, lejos de la media de 77 mil muertos, resultado de la inexistencia de catástrofes de enormes proporciones, de acuerdo con la Oficina para la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres de Naciones Unidas (Unisdr).Sat, 09 Feb 2019 14:48:00 +0100prensa-latina-2a8f2de86f4ed313ac728c401ef0b59e20190209144800https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/rebuilding-sulawesi-update-our-disaster-relief-indonesiaby Megan Staub. The recovery of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has slipped out of the news in the last few months. After all, the hard work of grieving loss and piecing life back together doesn’t make many headlines. But that work goes on, even if it doesn’t capture international attention.Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:41:00 +0100reliefWeb-fb8b10fbb8f4d86edebdfd84446be62920190208184100https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/coastal-flooding-forecast-strengthened-indonesiaIndonesia is making progress in integrating coastal flood forecasting into its meteorological early warning system to increase protection against one of the major hazards impacting the country. The Indonesian Coastal Inundation Forecasting Demonstration Project (CIFDP), led by the Indonesian....Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:38:00 +0100reliefWeb-730850f886edd267b95c8678ed8366fc20190208163800