9010 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://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/04/is-the-world-ready-for-the-next-big-tsunami/The twin earthquake-tsunami disaster in Indonesia late last week raised new questions about how prepared the global system is to react to future events. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated countries throughout the region, a global system of regional and national centers has sprung up to react to the first tremors along the ocean floor.Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:42:00 +0200foreignpolicy-c43121316f3e0db95296a50c040f37dd20201014054200https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2010/S00178/over-600000-kiwis-set-to-drop-cover-and-hold-for-new-zealand-shakeout.htmAround 665,000 Kiwis have signed up to take part in tomorrow’s New Zealand ShakeOut, our annual national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi. On Thursday 15 October at 9:30am, people across New Zealand will join together to practise the correct actions ...Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:30:00 +0200scoop-co-nz-1a50b7ae020183ba7ffa01f471e504a420201014053000https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/world-calamity-control-day-2020-theme-history-and-objective-2309302World Calamity Control Day also known as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction aims to make our habitat - rural and urban - safe from calamities, which can displace and kill millions of people. Whether it is a natural hazard or a man-made disaster, the level of preparedness of disaster management bodies saves lives.Tue, 13 Oct 2020 07:46:00 +0200ndtvnews-fc6eec4996b2916d7509cfa7b0d1ffd820201013074600https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2020-10-13/world-burnsIn late August, more than 600 separate wildfires ravaged California, killing seven people. Meanwhile, two tropical cyclones struck the Gulf Coast only days apart: first Tropical Storm Marco and then Hurricane Laura, the latter of which killed 26 people in the United States and tied the record for the strongest storm to hit Louisiana.Tue, 13 Oct 2020 07:09:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-830ea462d9ed698c6b1c9f2c8d73eaf120201013070900