11685360 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.bworldonline.com/in-typhoons-aftermath-capiz-underscores-need-for-panay-river-basin-project/THE ENTIRE province of Capiz was flooded, with water rising to as high as five meters in some areas, after typhoon Ursula (international name: Phanfone) dumped rain across the Visayas and parts of Luzon islands last Christmas. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Judy Grace G.Wed, 01 Jan 2020 18:35:00 +0100bworldcom-3eebd22032b197fa1ce69ee65f46acb220200101183500https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/01/01/1981290/ndrrmc-ursula-death-toll-now-50-five-still-reported-missingMANILA, Philippines The number of casualties caused by Typhoon Ursula (International name Phanfone) has risen to 362, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday morning. According the NDRRMC, 50 were declared dead, five were reported missing and the number of injured has nearly doubled from the previously reported 143.Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:32:00 +0100philstar-2665a786fb3455e290b9a86152e7ef2120200101093200https://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-philippines-typhoon-hits-50-032436735.htmlManila (AFP) - The number of people killed by a powerful storm that pummeled the central Philippines over Christmas has risen to 50, authorities said Tuesday, making it the nation's deadliest storm of 2019. Typhoon Phanfone's destructive winds and heavy rains brought down flimsy homes and destroyed....Wed, 01 Jan 2020 08:04:00 +0100news-yahoo-7dc8117b9a8c5280941993a98ee0d26620200101080400https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/dswd-dromic-report-7-typhoon-ursula-29-december-2019-6pmSituation Overview. “PHANFONE” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on 23 December 2019 and was named “Ursula” as the 21st Philippine tropical cyclone for 2019. On 24 December 2019, “Ursula” intensified into a typhoon as it moved toward Eastern Visayas; hence, also affecting....Wed, 01 Jan 2020 07:04:00 +0100reliefWeb-86b8e7a8ef32a3cc75959df131373a8220200101070400