28690 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://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.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/173118/Magnitude-31-earthquake-strikes-near-El-Cajon-San-Diego-County-California-USA.htmlJust 8 minutes ago, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck near El Cajon, San Diego County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Thursday, February 17th, 2022, at 11:52 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 5.8 miles below the surface.2022-02-17T21:10+0100volcanodiscovery-9c93c81a5b7566b64a04335f61a5f97520220217211000https://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://ground.news/article/un-haiti-seek-2-billion-to-help-in-earthquake-aftermath_184c25The United States, European Union and others pledged $600 million in additional funds Wednesday. The pledges fell short of an international push to help the country rebuild from a magnitude 7.2 quake last August. Thousands of Haitians who lost their homes remain in makeshift camps in the southern coastal city of Les Cayes.2022-02-17T17:06+0100ground-news-49ed91d73fc8f9b226ba8310acc193b020220217170600