3520 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.thesun.co.uk/news/10782333/mega-disasters-from-supervolcanoes-to-hurricanes/A supervolcano way past its eruption date sits beneath the tranquil Yellowstone National Park Credit: Getty - Contributor. Many of the incidents happen in tourist hotspots causing major disruption, such as the flooding in Venice which overwhelmed the Italian city this summer.Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:54:00 +0100thesun-16955a06fcd84dd0c648a6db995989dd20200121015400https://www.foxnews.com/science/the-next-mega-disasters-that-could-happen-at-any-moment-and-kill-us-allDue to climate change, human activity and other factors, “natural” disasters are becoming more common. But some could be worse than others … Yellowstone National Park quietly sits on top of a supervolcano that is 44 miles wide. Even scarier, it’s still active and could blow at any time.Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:07:00 +0100foxnews-c39d66d5b2c9aa7a0e5467e88d14462720200120140700https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/the-next-mega-disasters-that-could-happen-at-any-moment-and-kill-us-all/news-story/4a63312108858cf9e787696cf4e0dadfTHE LAKE TOBA SUPERVOLCANO, SUMATRA. The land of volcanoes, Indonesia, is no stranger to eruption — with Mount Merapi last exploding in 2018. But there’s a bigger threat to the countries of Southeast Asia: The Lake Toba Supervolcano — the “forgotten volcano.Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:48:00 +0100news_com_au-1059a6df1156a2ad3e272c57ab9b905020200119114800https://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/the-next-mega-disasters-that-could-happen-at-any-moment-and-kill-us-all/news-story/4a63312108858cf9e787696cf4e0dadf?nk=e53337867d3219648e286af6dabcdd34-1579430324. But some could be worse than others … RELATED: Expert claims Australia is the most ‘natural disaster-prone region’ THE YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO, WYOMING. Yellowstone National Park quietly sits on top of a supervolcano that is 70.8km wide. Even scarier, it’s still active and could blow at any time.Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:38:00 +0100heraldsun-3365cea9fabbae2cf5466d377cb897e420200119113800