31050 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 http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/398846Households residing along the coastal strip from Mount Maunganui to Papamoa East will be receiving newly updated tsunami evacuation maps as part of a tsunami pack in the mail from the week 21 February. The tsunami pack will also include a template for households to 'make a plan' and a fridge magnet....2022-02-17T23:16+0100voxy-d482e0e68100e352c37a0be6650bf45920220217231600https://pina.com.fj/2022/02/18/working-together-to-support-tonga/Australian Defence Force and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel are working side-by-side on Atata Island in Tonga to clear tsunami debris, remediate eroded beaches and make community buildings safe. The Australians and Fijians and several other nations are providing support to the Government....2022-02-17T22:19+0100pina-de95817477f2e0876ef916212e7809f820220217221900https://www.iflscience.com/environment/tongas-volcanic-eruption-created-record-590000-volcanic-lightning-strikes/The devasting Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption that happened last month in the Tongan Archipelago generated a deadly tsunami and a plume reaching 55 kilometers (34 miles) up into the mesosphere. This dramatic release of ashes created the perfect condition for another natural phenomenon: volcanic lightning.2022-02-17T18:15+0100iflscience-3de5f053376fb53105273e2b4382859c20220217181500https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/02/17/Hawaii-tsunami-threat-earthquake/2591645111490/Image of the epicenter where a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck south of the Fiji islands on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Officials determined there was no tsunami threat to Hawaii Thursday after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake took place under the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles from Tonga on Wednesday.2022-02-17T16:55+0100upi-702fb222fa2d2a0c8ffe5cb3f75973b920220217165500