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.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/384189/japan-helps-tonga-become-better-prepared-for-disastersTonga is installing a new disaster early warning system within the next few months after the Japanese government confirmed it will fund the project. The effects of Cyclone Gita in Tonga Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller. The Japan International Cooperation Agency will install the disaster....Thu, 07 Mar 2019 07:15:00 +0100rnzi-30d334c07658a0b5f9453386cafed87arnzien-21.136 -175.216NaturalDisastersInternational Cooperation AgencyCooperation AgencyJapanese governmentRadio New Zealand20190307071500https://reliefweb.int/report/tonga/new-early-warning-system-and-disaster-communications-tonga04th March 2019 Tonga will benefit from installation of a nationwide early warning system and strengthening of disaster communications, known as NEWS, for all its island groups up to the two Niuas within the next few months, in a project funded by the Japanese Government through JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency).Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:43:00 +0100reliefWeb-2c904b802f6c6563a467d87c7662ba3dreliefWeben35.6831 139.809ClimateChangeEMF_HealthEnvironmentNaturalDisastersInternational Cooperation AgencyCooperation AgencyEarly WarningCyclone IanAlert SystemAM RadioWarning SystemJapanese GovernmentEmergencyTropical Cyclone IanBroadcasting Commission20190304044300https://www.india.com/news/world/earthquake-of-7-0-magnitude-struck-peru-no-casulaties-reported-3592178/New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Peru on Friday. No casualties have been reported so far. More details are awaited. In an earlier incident last year, a massive earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck Peru and Brazil border region. No casualty and damage was reported.Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:06:00 +0100india-3bf04276df2b8ed126922d4be357467dindiaen-12.0824 -77.0454NaturalDisasters20190301120600http://www.pireport.org/articles/2009/10/07/secretariat-pacific-community-meets-tongaNews Release. Secretariat of the Pacific Community Nukualofa, Tonga Oct. 6, 2009. The 39th meeting of SPC’s Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA) opened today in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Delegates representing the 26 member countries and territories of the Secretariat of....Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:37:00 +0100pidp-4461ebee2e4f0f7d31ba268351c439capidpen-21.136 -175.216TEN-T-NewsNaturalDisastersAlternativeEnergySPCJimmie Rodgers20190222203700https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1084546/ring-of-fire-warning-pacific-islands-all-angle-sptDr Walter Dudley is an Oceanography and a Director of the Kalakaua Marine Centre at the University of Hawaii. As part of his work with the Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Programme , he has studied the Ring of Fire and the threat it poses on the Hawaiian islands.Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:13:00 +0100express-cedbb4bd0f85b33711159e76c4b25aa5expressen35.6831 139.809NaturalDisastersGOOGLEGerard Fryer20190208181300