18040 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.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2022/01/11/308003.htmBERLIN (AP)–Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. 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....2022-01-11T18:45+0100claimsjournal-30046fea8adb52fe16fcdf33871d06ab20220111184500https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/01/11/breaking-news/magnitude-6-8-earthquake-strikes-off-alaska-does-not-pose-tsunami-threat-to-hawaii/A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck 44 miles east-southeast of Nikolski, Alaska, early this morning but does not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The temblor struck at 1:35 a.m. Hawaii time at a depth of 13.85 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.2022-01-11T18:15+0100HonululuAdvertiser-0416152ff15b0234292f563b6c04b46d20220111181500https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/01/11/scientists-working-to-detect-seismic-risk-below-north-island/Researchers hope sensors deployed at the sea floor will reveal the earthquake and tsunami risk below the lower North Island. An ocean-bottom seismometer. (Source: EQC) Scientists from Victoria University of Wellington, GNS Science and two Canadian universities will deploy 20 ocean-bottom....2022-01-11T18:07+0100tvnz-b6ee515f55055f8509fd453e1a4e2d4820220111180700https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/recycling-chaos-north-devon-streets-6474107Images of rubbish-strewn streets have been shared on social media, and there are calls for the council to take action. It's argued that the recycling collection boxes issued by Torridge District Council are frequently blown over, causing them to spew their contents into the streets.2022-01-11T16:51+0100exeterexpressandecho-a3588d50c695736916799a79fcc9988220220111165100