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-82f760c4a077c416f753c8bf290db2cfreliefWeben-9.48177 147.184NaturalDisastersClimateChangeCrisisResponseEnvironmentFloodingCivilProtectionEU-PacificEuropean UnionEU20191107145300http://www.pireport.org/articles/2013/06/06/solomons%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99-santa-cruz-islands-hit-earthquakePacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i. Solomons’ Santa Cruz Islands Hit By Earthquake 6.1 magnitude quake reportedly ‘unlikely’ to cause tsunami. MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, June 5, 2013) – A magnitude 6.Thu, 07 Nov 2019 03:29:00 +0100pidp-336a3a3d8596f444e61624a492d12b54pidpen-9.62239171888818 160.15841165124NaturalDisasters20191107032900https://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-cb94d273bd940f428fa87a52f113372eECen-9.48177 147.184CivilProtectionClimateChangeCrisisResponseEnvironmentFloodingNaturalDisastersEU-Pacific20191106050500https://reliefweb.int/report/world/prepare-win-tsunami-awareness-and-preparednessBy Asako Okai. Asako Okai is UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Crisis Bureau. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 2019 (IPS) - Once considered rare in their occurrence, in the last 10 years tsunamis have struck nearly every year: from Samoa to Chile, and from Iceland to New Zealand.Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:51:00 +0100reliefWeb-8daa9421be883b9e792b173a89b6dd6breliefWeben-13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285UNbodiesNaturalDisasters20191105155100http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/11/prepare-win-tsunami-awareness-preparedness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prepare-win-tsunami-awareness-preparedness, one of the most tsunami prone countries in the world, we held our very first drills under this initiative. The drill was in a school in Bali, right in the middle of a highly urbanized locality. Since the latest risk assessment had shown that the school premises would get inundated in the event of....Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:29:00 +0100ipsinternational-sw-ede872ae2a0a0d8d9e3901b5b1140180ipsinternational-swen-8.35472519635992 115.118385845653NaturalDisasters20191105132900http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/11/prepare-win-tsunami-awareness-preparedness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prepare-win-tsunami-awareness-preparedness, one of the most tsunami prone countries in the world, we held our very first drills under this initiative. The drill was in a school in Bali, right in the middle of a highly urbanized locality. Since the latest risk assessment had shown that the school premises would get inundated in the event of....Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:28:00 +0100ipsnews-ede872ae2a0a0d8d9e3901b5b1140180ipsnewsen-8.35472519635992 115.118385845653NaturalDisasters20191105112800https://reliefweb.int/report/tonga/tsunami-247-watchkeepers-undergo-competency-training-met-officeDuring the opening of the training event, the Director of the Tonga Meteorological Service had this to say; “The tsunami risk for Tonga is considered extreme due to its closeness to the tectonic plate boundary (Trench Trench). Earthquakes occurring on the Tonga Trench can cause destructive tsunamis....Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:43:00 +0200reliefWeb-bd44c7336960324f651a372b46d8b345reliefWeben12.1515 -86.273NaturalDisastersMet ServiceMasahiro YamamotoWarning SystemLaura KongMeteorological AgencyPacific Tsunami Warning CentrePacific IslandMet Office20191016084300