8751640GDACS 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 A Gang War Is Messing Up Earthquake Relief in Haitihttps://www.vice.com/en/article/pkb8dk/a-gang-war-is-messing-up-earthquake-relief-in-haitiChronic gang violence outside Haiti’s capital is encumbering national and international efforts to provide essential aid to survivors of an earthquake that struck the country on Saturday. Unless rival gangs the Ti Lapli and the Krisla decide to let relief vehicles pass through their disputed....2021-08-16T18:45+0200vice-com-uk-6612ad7a8f7273021faee0e5e273d22a20210816184500Water Mission Mobilizes Disaster Response to Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake in Southern Haitihttps://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/water-mission-mobilizes-disaster-response-magnitude-72-earthquake-southern-haitiEarthquake Causes Major Damage to Homes, Buildings, and Loss of Life in Les Cayes, Jeremie, and Nearby Communities. N. Charleston, S.C. Aug. 14, 2021 Water Mission , a nonprofit Christian engineering organization, is responding to a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that caused extensive damage earlier today in southern Haiti.2021-08-16T18:36+0200reliefWeb-117f7a1f770eeb67b6e26ad839c0c7b120210816183600FOR THE RIGHT +6 L 56% C 44%Haiti braces for Grace, Florida for Fred as storms brewhttps://ground.news/article/fred-re-forms-into-tropical-storm-and-targets-florida-grace-continues-to-churn-in-caribbeanFred Regains Tropical Storm Status, Grace Downgraded. Fred regained its tropical storm status Sunday and is expected to move across the Gulf of Mexico, reaching the Gulf Coast before Tuesday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane center posted tropical storm warnings or....2021-08-16T17:54+0200ground-news-df5a623f66359c18711f886ed461247e20210816175400Tropical Storm Fred Intensifying As It Bears Down On Florida Panhandlehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/08/16/tropical-storm-fred-intensifying-as-it-bears-down-on-florida-panhandle/Key Background: Fred, which formed south of Puerto Rico, weakened as it made its way over Hispaniola last week. However, the storm regained its strength and was upgraded from a depression Sunday morning. According to the NHC, a storm surge warning means there is a "danger of life-threatening....2021-08-16T17:41+0200forbes-b0cedcf633cf43c5d25434a32b62f9c220210816174100