2461060 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://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1150661/pangilinan-seeks-creation-of-department-to-take-charge-of-disaster-risk-reductionAmong the deadliest and costliest were the super-typhoon Yolanda of 2013, the Luzon earthquake of 1990, and the Pinatubo eruption of 1991, he pointed out. “More than half of the country’s total land area is exposed to multiple hazards and 74% of the population is vulnerable to their impact.Tue, 06 Aug 2019 05:55:00 +0200inquirer-151ac7a49aaec298f15d18a900f3ec4920190806055500https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/ndrrmc-update-sitrep-no-13-re-earthquake-incident-itbayat-batanes-05-august-2019I. SITUATION OVERVIEW Two (2) moderate-sized earthquakes with Magnitude 5.4 and 5.9 occurred on 27 July 2019, 4:16 AM and 7:37 AM respectively, with epicenters located northeast of Itbayat, Batanes at shallow focal depths. These were felt at varying intensities in the province of Batanes.Tue, 06 Aug 2019 04:13:00 +0200reliefWeb-67c68dcf541d8b70105a4696c669be0420190806041300https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/asean-weekly-disaster-update-29-jul-04-aug-2019REGIONAL SUMMARY: Southwest Monsoon persist and continue to bring dry condition in the southern part of ASEAN region. Meanwhile on the northern part increment of rainfall is significantly observed and creates localised floods in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam, the rainfall also....Tue, 06 Aug 2019 02:50:00 +0200reliefWeb-c88485c6e059576da01279f4b93ee61520190806025000https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1817401/Davao/Opinion/Hidalgo-Philippines-prone-to-natural-disastersTHE Philippines, a country with more than 7,100 islands, is located within the circum-Pacific seismic belt. Geographically, this makes the Philippines a disaster-prone country being able to experience earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, tropical cyclones, and landslides, among many others.Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:13:00 +0200sunstar-605b9ea0d561ab5209233942a6bd24fc20190805141300