11970 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://opinion.inquirer.net/124102/investing-in-resilience-2The best time to invest in disaster resilience, preparedness, prevention and mitigation is well before a natural disaster strikes. By the time a typhoon or earthquake hits or a volcano erupts, it’s too late. It sounds obvious, but is nonetheless something we need to keep reminding ourselves and practicing.Sat, 21 Sep 2019 05:07:00 +0200inquirer-78fc8dd4a7f16e94c5e02829b057251e20190921050700https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/492625LETTER | More serious punitive measures are needed to prevent the annual recurrence of the haze as it is causing maximum danger to the people’s health and life in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Economic activities like agriculture, aviation, tourism, fishing, construction and others are affected.Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:23:00 +0200malaysiakini-en-59c7e28bc89504940057c150920f096020190920062300https://en.tempo.co/read/1249846/tuban-earthquake-can-be-felt-in-baliTEMPO.CO Jakarta - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook northwest of Tuban, East Java, at 14:06 today, September 19. The tremor can be felt until "Based on our coordination with BPBD (disaster mitigation agency) Bali, the quake, especially the second one at 14:31 can be felt in almost all of....Fri, 20 Sep 2019 04:13:00 +0200tempo-co-681616f1154ef26ecf5ee518405062c520190920041300https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/462208-how-not-to-build-back-after-disastersAs well-to-do Bahamians check on the status of their beachside palatial estates, the poor residents find their makeshift homes on the outer islands in ruins from Hurricane Dorian . Whenever a major storm hits, it exposes the vast poverty and growing inequality. Recall the 2004 tsunami in South Asia.Thu, 19 Sep 2019 23:36:00 +0200thehill-d804971c883ccef9b2fe78806f386afc20190919233600