541890 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://www.watoday.com.au/world/north-america/major-earthquake-in-haiti-kills-dozens-reduces-buildings-to-rubble-20210815-p58isz.htmlA major earthquake reduced buildings to rubble and caused at least several fatalities in southwestern Haiti on Saturday, sending shock waves across the Caribbean, where people fled their homes for fear they might collapse. The 7.2-magnitude quake, which was followed by a series of aftershocks,....2021-08-15T01:45+0200watoday-d72688decca585998be0a74c046f9ae720210815014500https://www.archyde.com/the-earthquake-toll-rises-to-227-dead/Haiti’s Civil Protection Department said in a statement that “the latest death toll shows 227 dead, including 158 in the south, and hundreds of injured and missing,” according to reports. the American Agency “Associated Press” (AP). “Hospitals continue to receive the wounded,” the statement added.2021-08-15T01:17+0200archyde-f9a634a49c2dfc948caafabe4ac6790e20210815011700http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202108/15/WS61184ac2a310efa1bd668d1c.htmlDamage is seen in an area after a major earthquake struck southwestern Haiti, in Jeremie, Haiti on Aug 14, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] SANTO DOMINGO - A 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday has left at least 227 people dead and dozens of others wounded or missing, said local authorities.2021-08-15T01:16+0200chinadaily-d08dba2907580e3171afa5f8b2a6c69020210815011600https://www.dw.com/en/haiti-earthquake-death-toll-surpasses-300/a-58864489?maca=en-rss_top_news-13961-xml-mrssA 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, killing just over 300 people, the country's authorities said. The Haitian civil protection service said hundreds more were wounded or reported missing following the natural disaster. However, the true scale of the devastation was still being....2021-08-15T01:14+0200deutschewelle-el-d1698bc97917ab501c3bc6f8481b089120210815011400