9731810 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://merrionstreet.ie/en/news-room/releases/minister_brophy_announces_500_000_for_response_to_haiti_earthquake.htmlPublished on Tuesday 17th August 2021 Minister Brophy announces €500,000 for response to Haiti earthquake. The Minister for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy TD, has announced €500,000 in funding to respond to last Saturday’s earthquake in Haiti.2021-08-17T18:25+0200IGNS-a398d07483c7d8421c8a8e7d75fc175320210817182500https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/fred-drenches-us-southeast-grace-again-tropical-storm-2Fred weakened from a tropical storm to a depression early Tuesday as it trekked inland, spreading heavy rains over the US Southeast, while earthquake-damaged Haiti reeled under a drenching from Grace, a depression that regained tropical storm status overnight.2021-08-17T18:25+0200loopjamaica-6125891f4355787c97ce4d43683981c920210817182500https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/over-half-million-children-affected-haiti-earthquakeTorrential rains are hampering relief efforts. **PORT-AU-PRINCE/PANAMA CITY, 17 August 2021 **UNICEF estimates that about 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been affected by the powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday. The hardest hit departments of South, Nippes and....2021-08-17T17:59+0200reliefWeb-4d038819da44469679cbe5d35699ad3420210817175900https://westernpeople.ie/2021/08/17/mayo-woman-felt-strong-tremors-during-haiti-earthquake/A Westport woman who has spent the past three decades working with disabled and abandoned children in Haiti has given an update on her situation following last weekend’s earthquake. Tens of thousands of people were left homeless by Saturday’s earthquake in the South-West of Haiti, in particular in....2021-08-17T17:50+0200westernpeople-11ad7df2151b8f7a0afb3a8cb72b988020210817175000