13020 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.timesofisrael.com/hurricane-ida-europe-floods-made-2021-a-costly-year-of-disasters/BERLIN (AP) — Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the US state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters, reinsurance company Munich Re said Monday. The company’s annual report put the overall economic losses....2022-01-11T09:16+0100timesofisrael-7a7c24141c8de403bbaaa1bcf22b8f2420220111091600https://watchers.news/2022/01/11/m6-6-earthquake-cyprus-january-11-2022/The epicenter was located 49 km (30 miles) WNW of Polis (population 1 975) and 115 km (72 miles) WNW of Limassol (population 154 000), Cyprus). There are about 170 000 people living within 100 km (62 miles). 75 000 people are estimated to have felt moderate shaking and 3 385 000 light. A tsunami warning was issued and later recalled.2022-01-11T08:29+0100watchers-0923728326089e41c5034362afdcc0e820220111082900https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/earthquake-strikes-off-cyprus-west-coastA submarine earthquake struck just off Cyprus’ west coast Tuesday early morning, with local authorities reporting no damages as seismic activity was felt across the island and in nearby Turkey, Israel, and Lebanon. Reports said a 6.1-magnitude strong and relatively shallow quake was centered 30....2022-01-11T07:14+0100knews-kathimerini-741f29285c3638984413d972529c8cf620220111071400https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20220111/natural-disasters-losses-hit-us280b-2021Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the American state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters, reinsurance company Munich Re said on Monday. The company’s annual report put the overall economic losses from....2022-01-11T07:03+0100jamaica-gleaner-d8adadee5deeaef3e6584cdb58c26d7620220111070300