8681750 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/haiti/situation-report-2-haiti-earthquake-500-pm-17-august-2021SITUATION OVERVIEW A 7.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded on Saturday 14 August at around 0830h, in the southern region of the country. The epicenter was located 13 km to the South-South-East of Petit Trou de Nippes, in the departments of Nippes, Grand'Anse and Sud, at a depth of 10 km. It was followed by a number of aftershocks.2021-08-19T22:01+0200reliefWeb-332ca18dfed7f0b846ec74eb8536346720210819220100https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/cmmb-providing-medical-relief-after-earthquake-hits-haitiNEW YORK, NEW YORK Monday, August 16th, 2021. NEW YORK In the hours after the 7.2 earthquake hit, CMMB (Catholic Medical Mission Board) staff in Haiti began relief efforts, distributing medicines and medical supplies including antibiotics, antiseptics, orthopedic supplies and bandages into the devastated communities damaged by the earthquake.2021-08-19T22:01+0200reliefWeb-b548e7ed5c1d80a741d0939c4d79dac520210819220100https://www.newsweek.com/haitian-gangs-kidnap-doctor-surgeon-country-grapples-mass-earthquake-injuries-1621184Gangs in Haiti have reportedly kidnapped a doctor and a surgeon in separate incidents as the country is still dealing with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake from last weekend that killed over 2,000 and left more than 12,000 with injuries. The surgeon, an obstetrician, was kidnapped Tuesday on his way to perform a cesarean delivery.2021-08-19T21:16+0200newsweek-5ce4e592bee0487c6ca0e4d635a0b5e120210819211600https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/tropical-hurricane-henri-2021-path-b1905368.htmlAmid an already busy season, Tropical Storm Henri is projected to strengthen into hurricane by Friday. On Thursday, Henri was located 510 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and less than 800 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The storm has sustained winds of 70 mph and moving west at 9 mph.2021-08-19T21:08+0200independent-UK-3817022c119815cf3d2d0bced0c9119a20210819210800