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.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/50236Nearly ten years after the 2009 tsunami wiped out his village and his parent’s beach fale resort, Manusina, in Saleapaga, Taleo Vaaiga, has never told his children what happened. He and his wife Leilani Vaaiga had three children back then and today are the happy parents of a brood of seven.Thu, 26 Sep 2019 06:17:00 +0200samoaobserver-9e894a6933f52936434397dfb25b654bsamoaobserveren-13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285NaturalDisastersGlobal Environment FacilityExcellence Award20190926061700http://www.pireport.org/articles/2011/07/27/quakes-shake-fiji%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s-kadavu-lau-islesTemblors too deep for damage. By Nasik Swami SUVA, Fiji (Fijilive, July 26, 2011) - An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale struck the southwest of Kadavu island at 12:33 pm today. The Mineral Resources Department said the earthquake struck 121.27 km to the southwest of the group.Fri, 13 Sep 2019 01:55:00 +0200pidp-711c72b7171a88fac6d85e919cc5e92dpidpen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20190913015500