1500 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.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/101363After a long dry period towards the end of last year that impacted the use of hydropower plants and resulted in water reservoir levels dropping, the heavens finally opened in Samoa with heavy downpours forecast for January this year. Samoa Meteorological Service in its weather bulletin said since....2023-01-03T08:37+0100samoaobserver-0e58697f4836460bfe4b33243a35bb8220230103083700https://reliefweb.int/report/vanuatu/vanuatu-volcano-alert-bulletin-ndeg13-ambrym-activity-december-29th-2022AMBRYM VOLCANO 1615’00”S 16807’00”E Summit Elevation 4377ft (1334m) Current Vanuatu Volcano Alert Level: Level 1. Ambrym volcano is continuing in the minor unrest state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 1. Ambrym volcano is continuing in the minor unrest state. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 1.2022-12-30T01:02+0100reliefWeb-a27f4077d405c59b723d55f6f17acd6820221230010200https://article.wn.com/view/2022/12/28/Strong_quake_strikes_south_of_Vanuatu/A magnitude-6 earthquake has struck south of Vanuatu, but no tsunami warnings have been issued. It was downgraded from an initial measurement of magnitude-6.5. The US Geological Survey gave the based on earthquake information and historic tsunami records.2022-12-29T00:32+0100wn-05c59973b9f94fbdaa71682ab96b573e20221229003200https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/12/29/magnitude-6-quake-strikes-south-of-vanuatu/Earthquake. (Source: istock.com) A magnitude 6 earthquake has struck south of Vanuatu, but no tsunami warnings have been issued. It was downgraded from an initial measurement of magnitude 6.5. The US Geological Survey gave the quake a green alert rating, meaning there is a low likelihood of casualties and damage.2022-12-28T21:12+0100tvnz-eadfa6d1dcc3db1a44821c1d97f8d6f820221228211200