1100 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://reliefweb.int/report/world/echo-factsheet-pacific-region-november-2019Introduction. Natural 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 world's worst affected in terms of casualties and people impacted by disasters.Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:53:00 +0100reliefWeb-82f760c4a077c416f753c8bf290db2cf20191107145300https://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 world’s worst affected in terms of casualties and people impacted by disasters.Wed, 06 Nov 2019 05:05:00 +0100EC-cb94d273bd940f428fa87a52f113372e20191106050500https://reliefweb.int/report/vanuatu/vanuatu-volcano-alert-bulletin-n-9-ambrym-activity-31-october-2019AMBRYM VOLCANO. 16°15’00”S 168°07’00”E Summit Elevation 4377ft (1334m) Current Vanuatu Volcano Alert Level: Level 1. Ambrym volcano is continuing in the minor unrest state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 1. The current volcanic activity at Ambrym is continuing in the Volcanic Alert Level 1.Thu, 31 Oct 2019 09:01:00 +0100reliefWeb-3046bd0248b1157e192a2dcb9455355420191031090100http://www.ecns.cn/news/2019-10-21/detail-ifzpzfnq8045335.shtmlAn earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck roughly 54 km from the coast of Vanuatu around 2:00 p.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter, with a depth of 226.08 km, was initially determined to be at 19.0408 degrees south latitude and 169.4528 degrees east longitude.Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:14:00 +0200ecns-a95e8b28f75525e4f39710bcddabcfea20191021081400