15830 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.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/tsunami-northwest-evacuation-towers.htmlOCEAN SHORES, Wash. — The 350 children at Ocean Shores Elementary School have practiced their earthquake survival plans, dropping under desks to ride out the convulsions, then racing upstairs to the second floor to await the coming tsunami. Unless something changes, their preparations will most likely be futile.2022-02-07T09:05+0100nytimes-5aa096a68e5a41dac0190a4d985f8d3e20220207090500https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/02/07/national/school-disaster-hoods/Are the protective hoods worn by schoolchildren in times of disasters really effective? That was a question asked by a woman in her 50s living in Sendai in the “letters from readers” section of Kahoku Shimpo. Protective hoods have gradually spread to elementary schools in Miyagi Prefecture, but some....2022-02-07T08:24+0100japantimes-abb22102b2448280d9d1d49be178d6e020220207082400https://printveela.com/the-first-2022-winter-olympic-medals-have-been-awarded-heres-what-they-look-like/Dozens of athletes from 18 countries and counting are returning home with a gold, silver or bronze medal in their luggage after the first few days of competition at the Beijing Winter Games. Among them is Norway’s Therese Johaug, who won the first gold medal of the Games in the women’s 7.5 km + 7.5 km skiathlon.2022-02-06T17:22+0100printveela-02ef7a3a322907521ad437b6c095319c20220206172200https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/ban-nam-khem-tsunami-museum-officially-opens-in-phangnga-south-thailand-388601Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Museum officially opened at Ban Nam Khem community in PhangNga province, with Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha virtually presiding over the opening ceremony. Thailand has officially opened the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Museum in PhangNga province.2022-02-06T15:53+0100pattayamail-506a85e039737d57ea90ee8d8107843820220206155300