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://reliefweb.int/report/world/cred-crunch-newsletter-issue-no-66-april-2022-disasters1-year-review-2021In 2021, the Emergency Event Database (EM-DAT) recorded 432 disastrous events related to natural hazards worldwide. Overall, these accounted for 10,492 deaths, affected 101.8 million people and caused approximately 252.1 billion US$ of economic losses2 .text/html2022-04-27T15:20+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-cfa3bae321b5e79aeb1efc33cadb6177Afghanistan-SituationForestFirelandslidesRWStormCycloneTurkki-KreikkaRWFloodET_FloodsENOutBreaksHealth-EffectsVaccinationrisksItalyNewNaturalDisastersRWFireET_Crop_DamageENSocioEconomicFirma_opslagUNDP_NaturalDisastersRWTornadoRWWildfireECHO-PressReview-NaturalDisastersCPSI-NaturalDisastersGreeceUSAAfghanistanTurkeyPhilippinesChinaMacedoniaAlgeriaBulgariaIndiaIndonesiaAUPanoramaECSRC_TIER90ECHO-PressReviewECHO-ForestFiresGHSAGearPPRDMediterraneanBasinSpecialInterestCountriesPPRDEast2_Programme_Disasters2_Dev_generalSourcesInternationalEthiopia_totsourcesMali_totsourcesNigeria_totsourcesNiger_totsourcesSenegal_totsourcesTunisia_totsourcesEgypt_totsourcesGuinea_totsourceMorocco_totsourceBanglad_totsourceMF00-EuropeRWCountryPageFilterReliefWebSourcehttps://reliefweb.int/favicon-32x32.pngEmergencyHurricane IdaRaiOverallAfghanistanChinaIndiaChinaIndonesiaPhilippinesMacedoniaAmericanAlgeriaMarshallBulgariaCanadaChinaCyprusFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaIndonesiaItalyPhilippinesMacedoniaBoulderColoradoTunisiaTurkeyCycloneUnited StatesApril 2022July 2021positivedisgustcred crunch newsletter,deaths,events,issue,billion us$,us$ of economic,recorded,66 april 2022,year,emergency event database,number,affected,floods-2720220427152000https://en.mercopress.com/2022/04/26/record-wildfires-and-floods-in-europe-s-2021-summer-the-hottest-on-recordItaly recorded a provisional heat record for the whole of Europe, hitting 48.8 degrees Celsius in Sicily last August. Europe experienced the hottest summer on record in 2021, according to EU scientists in their Copernicus Climate Change Service report. The temperature in Europe was one degree Celsius above the 1991-2020 average.text/html2022-04-26T12:17+0200mercopressenmercopress-3cecde37ee58813ba7e452b79b038f30EMMCoFE_InternationalClimateActionRIO_Scope_FREUEnvironmentClimateChangeERCC-ForestFiresTEMProtectedAreaSoilsTurkki-KreikkaEspionage2015SpacePolicyTwitter-CLIMATE_ACTIONItalyNewMI-EuropeEUControlWordsClimateChange-GeneralNaturalDisastersSustainableDevelopmentGoalsG8G20SpecificClimateActionEnvironmentRWClimateChangeMI-EURIO_ScopeForestFireEMMCoFE_InternationalCooperation_DevelopmentGlobalSustainabilityACCENTEU-relatedCoverageEUEnvironmentPollutionEnvironmentalDegradationEuropeTurkey-EUParisFloodingNewUNDP_NaturalDisastersEnvironmentalProtectionECHO-PressReview-NaturalDisastersEU-InstitutionsFloodingGreeceTurkeyBelgiumItalyGermanyClimateAction-GeneralEMMCoFE_Stronger_Europe_in_the_worldEMMCoFE_GreenDeal_FilterECHO-PressReviewECHO-ForestFiresGHSAGearFlooding-EuropeENVoutsideEUPPRDMediterraneanBasinSpecialInterestCountriesPPRDEast2_Programme_Disasters2_Dev_generalMF00-EuropeMF12-EUInstitutionsSR_cloud_keywordsPolicyEnvironmentPolicyClimateActionRWCountryPageFilterSierra_LeoneAboutItalyhttps://en.mercopress.com/favicon.icoCopernicus Climate Change ServiceFreja VamborgParis AgreementMauro FacchiniEUCopernicus UnitItalyBelgiumGermanyGreeceTurkey2021summerlast Augustsummerin 2021the 19912020last Augustto 1979to 1950in Januaryin mid-July 2021on July 14, 2021last yearin the early 1990sthe 2015July 14, 2021“We are facing a lot of challenges,”positiveangerreliablefloods in europe's,sicily last august,provisional heat record,recorded a provisional,wildfires and floods,record wildfires,degrees celsius,europe's 2021 summer,climate change service,hottest summer,italy,hottest on record,hitting 48.8 degrees,europe experienced,germany-920220426121700https://news.uci.edu/2017/08/28/in-warming-climate-ocean-and-land-based-floods-are-a-disastrous-duo/Coastal areas are threatened by both oceanic and terrestrial flooding, and the combination of these factors is especially concerning as sea levels continue to rise. Untangling how oceans and rivers interact – their so-called compounding effects – is a challenge for scientists and engineers trying to estimate the current and future risk of flooding.text/html2022-04-24T09:24+0200news-uciennews-uci-064a4bb5da37b8b25c500486b900be26ET_FloodsENInnovationsunknown_chemical_largeRIO_Scope_FI_EnglishECHO-PressReview-NaturalDisastersHealth-EffectsPreparationRIO_ScopeItalyNewRIO_Scope_DK_EnglishRIO_Scope_FRRIO_Scope_HUAttacker_institutionerFloodingNewNaturalDisastersScienceResearchScienceandTechnologyUNDP_ScienceandTechnologyOrganized_Crime_TerrorismCPSI-NaturalDisastersEUEnvironmentUNDP_NaturalDisastersRIO_Scope_UKRWFloodUSAunknown_chemical_large_filterECHO-PressReviewGHSAGear2_Dev_generalRWCountryPageFilterSRBSRC_TIERhttps://news.uci.edu//web.communications.uci.edu/assets/2015/img/favicon.icoRichard MatthewAmir AghaKouchakHurricane HarveyBrett SandersNational Academy of SciencesHamed MoftakhariUniversity of SalentoTexasItalyjust days beforeneutralfearwarming climate,terrestrial flooding,uci researchers find,disastrous duo,land-based floods,environmental engineering,ocean and land-based,sea levels continue,oceanic and terrestrial,compounding effects,coastal areas,academy of sciences,co-author amir aghakouchak,areas are threatened-1720220424092400https://worldakkam.com/norwegian-avalanche-how-to-understand-avalanche-risk/733980/If you live in a mountainous area or are visiting Norway for a ski trip, there are a few things you need to know to be safe. What is an avalanche? Most people have at least some thought of what an avalanche is. But if not, read on! Avalanches are best described as the rapid flow of snow on hillsides and other slopes.text/html2022-04-12T21:53+0200worldakkamenworldakkam-a00e0d6755071581bf21ef87b605945cET_EarthquakeROET_SPORTFRRIO_FI_Test_EnglishFloodingNewRIO_ScopeHealth-EffectsRIO_GR_Test_EnglishRIO_Scope_FI_EnglishET_AvalancheFRECHO-PressReview-NaturalDisastersRIO_SI_Test_EnglishRWHealthItalyNewRIO_LT_Test_EnglishPopulationRIO_Scope_UKTravelRestrictionAlternativeEnergyOHCHR-RejectsportsRWLandslideRIO_DK_Test_EnglishOffshoreOilGasRIO_LV_Test_EnglishlandslidesRIO_EE_Test_EnglishRIO_Scope_DK_EnglishET_AvalanchePTNaturalDisastersEUEnergyCPSI-NaturalDisastersRegulationEB_test_HS-energyUNDP_NaturalDisastersPreparationAustriaNorwayJapanSwitzerlandECHO-PressReviewGHSAGearJapanEarthquakeSpecialInterestCountriesPPRDEast2_Programme_Disasters2_Dev_generalMF00-EuropeRWClusteringRWCountryPageFilterClassified avalanche terrainLongyearbyen Townhttps://worldakkam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Worldakkam1-Copy-1.pngEnergy AuthorityWater ResourcesNorwegian Water Resources and Energy AuthorityThe Norwegian Geotechnical InstituteUnited States and JapanSkiNorwayFranceAustriaSwitzerlandItalysince 2013In 2015in recent yearswinterhttps://www.lifeinnorway.net/avalanches-in-norway/neutralfearavalanches,understand avalanche risk,snow,norway,norwegian avalanche,steep slopes,live,danger level,large,areas,ski,ngi220220412215300