1720 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.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/10/stunning-footage-shows-papua-new-guinea-s-bagana-volcano-leaking-toxic-gases.htmlVolcanologists have captured stunning footage of "one of the most active volcanoes in the world". Kiwi expert Dr Ian Schipper has just returned from an expedition to Papua New Guinea's remote and unstable Bagana volcano, which is leaking toxic volcanic gases.Tue, 08 Oct 2019 03:39:00 +0200newshub-2613a57368fe0ad5a2d175769589ed7e20191008033900https://reliefweb.int/report/india/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-1-7-october-2019INDIA. Rainfall and widespread flooding affected a number of areas in northeast India, predominantly in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states. According to the Disaster Management Department, over two million people have been affected by the flooding and 97 people were killed.Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:15:00 +0200reliefWeb-3a1af82274e352ea767fda30cb0c33c020191007131500http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Tropical_fungal_outbreak_in_Pacific_northwest_sparked_by_tsunamis_999.htmlTsunamis triggered by a major earthquake in Alaska in 1964 could explain how a deadly fungus colonized the coastal forests of British Columbia and Washington, and ultimately infected humans and animals, according to a new paper published this week in the journal mBio.Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:59:00 +0200terradaily-dbaf10ca8e76cb0fb43becbf1ffffe1e20191003135900https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/10/02/Tropical-fungal-outbreak-in-Pacific-northwest-sparked-by-tsunamis/2441569979618/Scientists have struggled to explain how the yeast-like fungus ended up in the temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest. The fungus is typically found in warmer regions, like Australia and Papua New Guinea, as well as parts of Europe, Africa and South America.Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:32:00 +0200upi-335ac31bd1b005eea53c08f984451ed020191002153200