1700GDACS 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 Social media can forecast economic impact of disasters including COVID-19 pandemichttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200409093926.htmTraditional economic recovery estimates, such as surveys and interviews, are usually costly, time-consuming and do not scale-up well. However, researchers from Bristol's School of Engineering Maths and Department of Civil Engineering show they were able to accurately estimate the downtime and....Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:43:00 +0200sciencedaily-6458c5171569fcc44385f1d381bf83ee20200409234300Pandemic hurts ability of nations to face natural disastershttps://missoulian.com/news/world/pandemic-hurts-ability-of-nations-to-face-natural-disasters/article_9a3d477a-815b-54b1-8d82-2bbdfcd6165e.htmlFILE - In this March 22, 2020, file photo, firefighters carry a person on a stretcher after a strong earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia. The virus outbreak is compromising the ability of nations to prepare for natural disasters and deal with the aftermath. Every year, the world contends with devastating typhoons, wildfires, tsunamis and earthquakes.Sat, 04 Apr 2020 07:20:00 +0200missoulian-a4cc74b332eb2f7b2f8948cf6d82195e20200404072000Pandemic hurts ability of nations to face natural disastershttps://muscatinejournal.com/news/world/pandemic-hurts-ability-of-nations-to-face-natural-disasters/article_999e8cf8-b825-5f85-bc66-bdb78dbbc6b4.htmlFILE - In this March 22, 2020, file photo, firefighters carry a person on a stretcher after a strong earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia. The virus outbreak is compromising the ability of nations to prepare for natural disasters and deal with the aftermath. Every year, the world contends with devastating typhoons, wildfires, tsunamis and earthquakes.Sat, 04 Apr 2020 06:44:00 +0200muscatinejournal-a4cc74b332eb2f7b2f8948cf6d82195e20200404064400Pandemic hurts ability of nations to face natural disastershttps://siouxcityjournal.com/news/world/pandemic-hurts-ability-of-nations-to-face-natural-disasters/article_e834c38a-3723-5574-9006-3ffa8dafa1cc.htmlFILE - In this March 22, 2020, file photo, firefighters carry a person on a stretcher after a strong earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia. The virus outbreak is compromising the ability of nations to prepare for natural disasters and deal with the aftermath. Every year, the world contends with devastating typhoons, wildfires, tsunamis and earthquakes.Sat, 04 Apr 2020 06:35:00 +0200siouxcityjournal-a4cc74b332eb2f7b2f8948cf6d82195e20200404063500