3530 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/philippines/philippines-situation-report-2-january-22-2020FAST FACTS. • An Alert Level 4 remains in effect for the Taal Volcano, indicating that a hazardous, explosive eruption is still possible within hours to days. • Over the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has reported nearly 450 volcanic earthquakes. • Approximately 460,000 people live within the evacuation zone.Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:17:00 +0100reliefWeb-4722799f121524244bead99238f098b920200122191700https://www.rappler.com/nation/249904-phivolcs-advisory-taal-volcano-status-january-22-2020?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29MANILA, Philippines – The level of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission from Taal Volcano in Batangas was lower for the second day, but state volcanologists said a longer trend or pattern must be observed first. SO2 is a major gas component of magma, and its emission indicates that magma is already at a shallow part of the volcano.Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:04:00 +0100rappler-2bf1a573a4538926f6e58e7bc7dacb9520200122050400https://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-c39d66d5b2c9aa7a0e5467e88d14462720200120140700