106319916GDACS EMM News Feed 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 I Thought My Luck Was Bad, But I Feel Like A Heads Up Penny After Reading These Peoples’ Terrible Travel Storieshttps://www.buzzfeed.com/audreyworboys/travel-horror-stories?origin=web-hf4. "Coming back from Greece, I started getting sick on the plane and barely made it off at my layover in Germany before I started throwing up. Somewhere in the airport, I also noticed my makeup bag was gone out of my carry-on. It had my luggage key in it. I struggled to the hotel, where I experienced a violent, 12-hour stomach flu.2023-08-18T11:17+0200buzzfeed-es-36df0a2a1b762d467ef1508b4d3bf16320230818111700Maui emergency head quits amid criticism over siren usehttps://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Maui-emergency-head-quits-amid-criticism-over-siren-use--44648229/STORY: The emergency management chief of Hawaii's Maui island resigned on Thursday, one day after he defended not using sirens during deadly wildfires earlier this month. Herman Andaya had been criticized by local residents and media for the island's response to the wildfires. Some have said more would have been saved if the sirens went off.2023-08-18T11:13+02004-traders-f569c0e471d7340857f4e0bf37ab63cb20230818111300Emergency services chief on Maui resigns. He faced criticism for not activating sirens during firehttps://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/18/news/nation/emergency-services-chief-on-maui-resigns-he-faced-criticism-for-not-activating-sirens-during-fire/LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Outdoor alert sirens on Maui stayed silent as a ferocious fire devastated the seaside community of Lahaina last week. The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency said he had no regrets about not deploying the system as a warning to people on the island.2023-08-18T11:00+0200bangordailynews-c4e9174599c82694ba4510ac3ffde68520230818110000Standard » Hawaii vows to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfireshttps://www.standardmedia.co.ke/america/article/2001479598/hawaii-vows-to-protect-landowners-on-maui-from-being-pressured-to-sell-after-wildfiresA general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Aug 17, 2023. [AP Photo] Hawaii's governor vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimised” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from deadly wildfires that incinerated a historic island community and killed more than 100 people.2023-08-18T10:47+0200kenyamoja-cde89f67627d81e06ca48277e73fa65420230818104700