135210 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://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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12231976&ref=rssMetService has confirmed there was a lightning strike off the coast of Otago last night, which is the likely cause of the loud rumbling noise heard by many. MetService communications meteorologist Lisa Murray said there was a single lightning strike about 50km out to sea, southeast of the Otago Peninsula, at 8.Fri, 17 May 2019 04:56:00 +0200nzherald-f2264939b89cddb8003ab5a80458a4f620190517045600http://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/two-earthquakes-on-opposite-shores-highlight-the-coast-to-coast-seismic-risk-in-the-philippines-8639/By Chris Rollins, Ph.D., Michigan State University, and Ross S. Stein, Ph.D., Temblor, Inc. Two deadly and damaging quakes late last month were probably unrelated to each other. Citation: Rollins, C., Stein, R.S., (2019), Two damaging tremors highlight the Philippines’ coast-to-coast earthquake problem, Temblor, http://doi.Thu, 16 May 2019 21:52:00 +0200manilametro-245fa62e5ea27dc1170079aa3ab1b69e20190516215200https://en.trend.az/world/other/3063310.htmlAuthorities in the Central American nation of El Salvador have reported a 6.2-magnitude earthquake, according to the nation's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Trend reported citing Sputnik. The earthquake had its epicentre off the coast of the La Union department, about 200 kilometres southeast of the capital San Salvador.Thu, 16 May 2019 21:08:00 +0200trendnews-az-ebd5ff84dc16ad24d6c771c7beffa4d020190516210800