172410GDACS EMM News Feed 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 White Island volcanic eruption: A look at the world's major volcanic disastershttps://www.ibtimes.sg/white-island-volcanic-eruption-look-worlds-major-volcanic-disasters-35701A volcanic eruption at New Zealand's White Island killed five and left scores missing. In the aftermath of the disaster, here is a look at the world's worst volcanic disasters in modern times. Tambora (Indonesia) Small eruptions accompanied by minor tremors hit Mount Tambora on the Indonesian island Sumbawa on April 5, 1815.Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:55:00 +0100ibtimes-sg-a0275c26e72977b6fc4deea8f6c5748420191209205500TOKYO - A Japanese disaster response expert stressed the importance of empowering female members in local communities to take a leadership role in disaster recovery as it leads to prevent further damage and deaths.http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/12/356_279930.htmlBy Park Ji-won TOKYO ― A Japanese disaster response expert stressed the importance of empowering female members in local communities to take a leadership role in disaster recovery as it leads to preventing further damage and deaths. "I have been saying to local Japanese community leaders ― mostly....Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:27:00 +0100koreatimes-b6047ec49295403f0ba049b8e53db0da20191209042700'Fostering female leaders can prevent further disasters'http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/12/356_279930.htmlBy Park Ji-won TOKYO ― A Japanese disaster response expert stressed the importance of fostering female leaders in local communities to take a leadership role in disaster recovery as it leads to preventing further damage and deaths. "I have been saying to local Japanese community leaders ― mostly men....Sun, 08 Dec 2019 08:49:00 +0100koreatimes-3d6c63b81a647787ed7affa6a9e7fd0c20191208084900No tsunami after 5.3 quake off Panama Cityhttps://newsroompanama.com/news/no-tsunami-after-53-quake-off-panama-cityThe Panama Civil Protection Agency (Sinaproc) said no tsunami has been triggered after the magnitude 5.3 quake that occurred south of Panama City, on Saturday morning, December 7. Sinaproc) said in its Twitter account that "the Meteorological Service of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has not....Sat, 07 Dec 2019 21:13:00 +0100newsroompanama-4eedae9709f41d73324e4ae01f33576c20191207211300