7180 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://theconversation.com/profiles/ravindra-jayaratne-1147986My principal research interests are in the field of coastal engineering, particularly wave hydrodynamics, wave-structure interaction, sediment transport modelling and disaster prevention mechanisms against storm surges, extreme waves and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) exacerbated by global....2023-11-01T10:55+0100theconversation-uk-707005fb386fd3e8d1611f752c6efa5220231101105500https://mysinchew.sinchew.com.my/news/20231031/mysinchew/5095453Residents remove debris after heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province. AFP. HANOI: Three people died after days of heavy rain in central and north Vietnam that flooded homes and submerged roads, disaster management authorities said Tuesday.2023-10-31T09:11+0100sinchew-bde0c068b268912feec5c3dd948ddccf20231031091100https://www.bssnews.net/news/155754HANOI, Oct 31, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Three people died after days of heavy rain in central and north Vietnam that flooded homes and submerged roads, disaster management authorities said Tuesday. Access to several communities in central Ha Tinh province has been cut off, while the police and military have....2023-10-31T08:29+0100bssnews-570ed99c4502c10ebca9e0df8fe95f8b20231031082900https://tribune.net.ph/2023/10/flooding-heavy-rain-kill-three-in-vietnam/Three people died after days of heavy rain in central and north Vietnam that flooded homes and submerged roads, disaster management authorities said Tuesday. Access to several communities in central Ha Tinh province has been cut off, while the police and military have been mobilized to rescue people from high-risk areas.2023-10-31T08:22+0100tribuneonline-2d8e1b6f7ff21a67123f548924cb6d5a20231031082200