785500 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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/earthquake-near-blenheim-causes-shaking-in-upper-south-island-lower-north-island/ZDTLBFI2CZE3NMGDRRZZQUEWMQ/A 4.8 magnitude earthquake has struck in the upper South Island, with one person describing it as “quick and rough”. The quake struck at 10.11am and was centred 30km west of Blenheim at a depth of 48 km. The shaking was classed as ‘light’ and users of the Geonet site reporting feeling shaking in....2023-02-21T22:26+0100nzherald-e966ee7ca8c22fb3f5cb9191fed5a7c220230221222600https://www.weeklyblitz.net/news/not-a-foot-in-turkey-blinkens-talks-in-ankara-ended-in-nothing/Recently, the interest of Western countries in Turkey has been enormous, but it is far from always explained by the disasters that have befallen the country. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the country last week. Last Monday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken flew to Ankara.2023-02-21T22:10+0100weeklyblitz-8bb40c24e714f093b8c2ce7f0725e15820230221221000https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/b-c-adds-180m-to-help-communities-prepare-for-natural-disasters-1.6282941Local governments and First Nations in British Columbia are getting more support to prepare for the risk of natural disasters related to climate change. The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says it will add $180 million to support projects that help communities prepare for and mitigate the effects of natural disasters.2023-02-21T22:09+0100ctvnews-7911eae15706e9563fc9c4be6bfe555d20230221220900https://globalnews.ca/news/9501338/b-c-adds-180-million-to-natural-disaster-fund/Heavy equipment is used as permanent repairs to the Sumas River dike are seen underway in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Local governments and First Nations in British Columbia are getting more support to prepare for the risk of natural disasters related to climate change. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck.2023-02-21T21:58+0100globalnews-e636b9df61019089d95562ed453731f520230221215800