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 http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/earthquake-damage-report-2011/1775/Destruction caused by the M6.3 earthquake on February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand via Shutterstock Armand Vervaeck regularly quotes tectonic news on www.earthquake‐report.com , but with James Daniell, he has now released an annual report on the cost and damage caused by earthquakes and volcanoes in 2011.Tue, 04 Feb 2020 07:40:00 +0100earthtimes-08196b3a8d1e9747950d82295126d498earthtimesen-43.5235 172.638NaturalDisastersThe University of AdelaideJames Daniell20200204074000https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/5-nation-exercise-to-focus-on-heritage-structures-protection/article30784957.eceThe National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is building the capacity of its forces to play the role of first responder at heritage sites, which are vulnerable to disasters such as earthquake, flood, cyclone and tsunami across India. “When Nepal suffered the loss of several heritage monuments in an....Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:57:00 +0100thehindu-509f2bef2adabf7f7db94b86ae50f459thehinduen27.712 85.313NaturalDisastersCultureNational Disaster Response Force20200211005700https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/improve-warning-system-to-protect-heritage-sites-from-natural-120021101161_1.htmlOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday called upon BIMSTEC countries to improve their early warning dissemination system and capacity building for protection of cultural heritage sites from natural disasters. The heritage sites must be preserved for future generations at any cost because....Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:47:00 +0100business-standard-74711bcae47272547c68472ceb832842business-standarden23.7099 90.4071CultureNaturalDisastersNational Disaster Response ForceThe BayNaveen Patnaikmember states20200211134700https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/patnaik-inaugurates-bimstec-disaster-management-exercise-in-bhubaneswar-120021100991_1.htmlChief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated Seven Nation BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise - 2020, which will take place from February 11 to 13. The exercise is being organised by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Odisha, on behalf of the Government of India.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:47:00 +0100business-standard-0f027c636816b0dbca0050048a5c8837business-standarden7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912NaturalDisastersNational Disaster Response ForceNaveen Patnaik20200211134700