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://en.unesco.org/news/grenada-receives-second-tsunami-ready-recognition-world-tsunami-awareness-dayOn 5 November 2019, in observance of the World Tsunami Awareness Day, the parish of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Grenada was officially recognised Tsunami Ready under the Pilot Community Performance Based Tsunami Recognition Programme. The Programme is administered by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental....Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:17:00 +0100unesco-50171cf225cc6b16397196aa046f7823unescoen12.0653 -61.7449UNbodiesNaturalDisastersEU-CaribbeanEU-LatinAmericaEuropean UnionNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration20191106181700https://thenassauguardian.com/2019/11/04/regional-officers-wrap-up-post-dorian-assistance/The Royal Bahamas Police Force on Grand Bahama suffered significant asset losses due to Hurricane Dorian and its officers are among those left homeless in its aftermath, leaving a need for assistance that was provided by officers engaged with CARICOM’s Regional Security System (RSS). A team of 16 officers from Dominica, Barbados, St.Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:02:00 +0100thenassauguardian-4f630f063eaf6f1417b41102b0e920e4thenassauguardianen15.2987 -61.3943NaturalDisasters20191104150200https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/242543/lifeguards-tsunami-concernsThe lifeguards said members of the public, especially locals, failed to adhere to the warning of a red flag erected at beaches, which means no swimming is allowed. And, they noted that there were many instances when they risked their own lives to save those who ignored their warnings.Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:17:00 +0100nationnews-65bb348b38105232b48eb401156eafb2nationnewsen13.24044 -59.64212NaturalDisasters20191108161700https://reliefweb.int/report/barbados/lifeguards-sensitized-about-tsunamisBY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM. Lifeguards have raised concerns about members of the public heeding warnings to get out of the sea in the event of an impending tsunami. This was among the issues raised as a team of lifeguards from the National Conservation Commission underwent a sensitization session and....Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:42:00 +0100reliefWeb-7ce7c30072e90224d6a05b61e7425cb5reliefWeben13.0935 -59.6105NaturalDisasters20191108154200https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/lifeguards-sensitized-about-tsunamis/Lifeguards have raised concerns about members of the public heeding warnings to get out of the sea in the event of an impending tsunami. This was among the issues raised as a team of lifeguards from the National Conservation Commission underwent a sensitization session and tabletop exercise....Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:08:00 +0100gisbarbados-6a1e719b9284011d0e51cf370465269bgisbarbadosen13.24044 -59.64212NaturalDisasters20191107220800