227150 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 http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Tanzania_floods_kill_five_leave_around_2500_homeless_999.htmlFlooding in Tanzania has killed five people and forced about 2,500 to flee their homes after a week of torrential rain in the country's south, an official said Friday. Schools have closed in Kyela, a district on the border of Lake Malawi, and families fled to shelters after losing everything in the rising waters.Wed, 22 May 2019 12:42:00 +0200terradaily-0ee79d18740af87ae4b2a5f174e7afac20190522124200https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/papua-new-guinea-75-m-earthquake-impact-update-gdacs-media-echo-daily-flashAssessments are ongoing following a 7.5 M earthquake between New Ireland and New Britain Islands on 14 May at 12.58 UTC. As of 21 May, around 130 families are reportedly displaced on the Duke of York Islands and at least 130 houses are severely damaged in the area. Informing humanitarians worldwide.Tue, 21 May 2019 13:20:00 +0200reliefWeb-405f51dfb3388ddbdc124145ed7052dc20190521132000https://ec.europa.eu/echo/where/asia-and-pacific/pacific_enNatural disasters ranging from cyclones to floods, droughts and earthquakes frequently occur in the Pacific region. The pacific island countries (including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu) rank among the highest in the world in terms of numbers of casualties and people affected by disasters.Tue, 21 May 2019 05:09:00 +0200EC-cc34d639b6d91f39214a17d4de3328c020190521050900https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/The letter also called for "urgent measures" by Guterres and claimed that Washington infringed the North's sovereignty and violated U.N. charters. Speaking about the incident, GBRA said even as no evacuations were necessary, those living along the water were asked to take precautionary measures. 17 H Ago.Sat, 18 May 2019 07:51:00 +0200financialexpress-8c298a00f63917fde83f02078fa6f9cd20190518075100