9141760 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://reliefweb.int/report/india/disaster-governance-asia-pacific-future-pathways-south-and-southeast-asiaExecutive Summary. South Asia is highly exposed and vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards. It has been affected by several large-scale disasters over the past two decades, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Multiple small and medium disasters have also....2021-08-17T05:55+0200reliefWeb-d2ffb798b76b28980701cb2c3061c79620210817055500https://en.gmw.cn/2021-08/17/content_35086382.htmPeople remove debris after an earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. 15, 2021. (Photo by Richard Pierrin/Xinhua) Most of the fatalities have been registered in the department of the South (1,133), whose capital is Les Cayes. LES CAYES, Haiti, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the powerful....2021-08-17T05:49+0200gmw-a3c36ab1f9246ce810495672c6055f4f20210817054900https://www.eagletribune.com/region/haiti-braces-for-grace-florida-for-fred-as-storms-brew/article_9d14cbe8-8755-5816-858f-34a8ae7f8217.htmlTropical Depression Grace drenched earthquake-damaged Haiti on Monday, threatening to dump up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on a landscape where people are huddling in fields and searching for survivors. Tropical Storm Fred weakened after hitting Florida's Gulf Coast, and Tropical Storm Henri formed around Bermuda.2021-08-17T05:32+0200eagletribune-da0c9735ecbe3d1c96c0d50cb318141f20210817053200https://lenouvelliste.com/article/231021/camp-perrin-severement-toucheeA Camp-Perrin et dans d’autres communes des départements du Sud et de la Grand’Anse, les plaies causées par le cyclone Matthew en octobre 2016 étaient en train de se cicatriser quand la terre a tremblé sous leurs pieds, le samedi 14 août. Le bilan est lourd avec des morts, de nombreux blessés et des pertes matérielles considérables.2021-08-17T05:00+0200lenouvelliste-9e97706124c5023001bc39b0257181ed20210817050000