55680 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.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10415991/How-Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Haapai-volcanic-eruption-highlights-risk-Australia-faces.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490Some of the damage in the Tonga archipelago is 'catastrophic', including on Atata and Mango islands and now a shortage of clean water threatens the health of thousands. Although Hunga Tonga was one of the biggest eruptions of recent times and looked frightening in satellite images, it was four on Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI).2022-01-19T01:23+0100dailymail-b48f5fc549480ec9aafd04d26873c67d20220119012300https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/18/california-drought-january-is-a-rainfall-bust-how-big-of-a-problem-is-that/Sunny skies. Balmy temperatures. Walks on the beach. Umbrellas back in the closet. After a soaking wet December that ended fire season, delivered more 15 feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada, and boosted hopes that California’s severe drought might be coming to and end, dry weather is back, in a big way.2022-01-19T00:52+0100mercurynews-3bac16d75332532b97c2f479d06f3b6420220119005200https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/01/18/california-drought-january-is-a-rainfall-bust-how-big-of-a-problem-is-that/Sunny skies. Balmy temperatures. Walks on the beach. Umbrellas back in the closet. After a soaking wet December that ended fire season, delivered more 15 feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada, and boosted hopes that California’s severe drought might be coming to and end, dry weather is back, in a big way.2022-01-19T00:29+0100eastbaytimes-1e2a4a4a32a78012f2ff715b1eeab58020220119002900https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/459805/new-zealanders-need-to-understand-the-hazards-of-volcanoes-here-eqcNew Zealanders need to understand what impacts and hazards they could face if a volcano here erupted, says the Earthquake Commission. The eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano sent shockwaves throughout New Zealand, and experts are taking note incase a similar event were to occur here.2022-01-18T23:25+0100radionz-3df6bddef65d3998c9d43c637350289e20220118232500