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://watchers.news/2021/05/04/severe-flooding-hits-venezuela-including-the-capital-caracas/Heavy rains affecting parts of Venezuela over the past 7 days caused severe flooding along the San Pedro River, damaging more than 100 buildings and affecting around 400 families in the state of Merida, Tulio Febres Cordero municipality. Officials visited the affected communities on April 30,....Tue, 04 May 2021 17:33:00 +0200watchers-bd1a5fc479216e09077a1af529b29410watchersen50.8371 4.36761NaturalDisastersFloodingAna RiveraMeteorological Department20210504173300https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2104/S00515/earthquake-tsunami-hazards-captivate-east-coast-schoolkids-in-new-roadshow.htmThe school roadshow developed by East Coast LAB (Life at the Boundary) and delivered by an educator from the National Aquarium of New Zealand will visit 10 schools from Tairāwhiti down to Wellington. The roadshow is funded by the Earthquake Commission (EQC).Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:45:00 +0200scoop-co-nz-3040c530fc59a6e06007352476e6c721scoop-co-nzen-41.3348 174.807NaturalDisasters20210430004500https://eos.org/articles/ocean-sensors-record-rare-triple-tsunami-near-new-zealand25 mins ago In tsunami-prone regions, an earthquake is a cue to head to higher ground. But deadly waves can still be on the way if a temblor is felt only weakly—or not at all. Now, researchers working in the southwestern Pacific Ocean have deployed a new suite of ocean-based sensors to detect tsunamis directly.Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:38:00 +0200eos-3440e8d76c90e9616261916abd2b8c2beosen-41.3348 174.807NaturalDisastersCollege LondonBill Fry20210429143800https://watchers.news/2021/04/19/widespread-flooding-mauritius-after-two-months-worth-of-rain-in-day/Flash flooding spread through southeast Mauritius on Friday, April 16, 2021, damaging homes and leaving many people stranded on roads. Up to 408 mm (16 inches) of rain was registered in Plaisance, which is twice the average April rain for this location. Heavy rainfall began Thursday, April 15, inundating parts of the southeastern region.Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:45:00 +0200watchers-e770d4e76aac894f6a36f5c47c0caa79watchersen50.8371 4.36761NaturalDisastersFloodingMeteorological Department20210419174500https://watchers.news/2021/04/14/peter-mungo-jupp-the-black-death-cosmic-chaos/Archaeologist and Thunderbolts colleague Peter Mungo Jupp presents a radical idea that civilization-destroying plagues may be governed by electromagnetism such as cosmic rays. Nature often uses triggers based on hard to pinpoint factors when losing its newest progeny.Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:27:00 +0200watchers-e8c3da4eb8fa9bdef0abd2237f9d59a4watchersen50.8371 4.36761NaturalDisastersMeteorological Departmentradical20210414142700