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 http://reliefweb.int/map/philippines/asia-pacific-region-1-7-january-2013-natural-disasters-and-other-events-being Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Malaysia, Philippines (the), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines about 5 weeks ago. On 3 Jan, the death toll stands at 1,067 with a further 848 people reported missing. Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:34:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-13a3a0e010fcdb939b7a72bb8f545137 UNbodies NaturalDisasters Echo 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 14.6096 121.006 23.7099 90.4071 3.15021 101.708 -13.6154146863405 -172.443074887285 -18.1426 178.431 -9.62239171888818 160.15841165124 13.7308 100.521 28.5687 77.2168 20130107123400 http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20130107-393810.html KUALA LUMPUR - The authorities issued the highest level warning against coastal and off-shore activities in the South China Sea yesterday after a tropical storm was detected at 748km northeast of Dungun, Terengganu. The Meteorological Department issued a third category warning, saying the storm was.... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:55:00 +0100 AsiaOne en AsiaOne-098baf7c4ad595001e0ff68ba706c05f NaturalDisasters 3.1442152991448 101.68960987945 35.2086 110.727 4.763042 103.417198 20130107075500 http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/tropical-storm-heading-this-way-1.196775?localLinksEnabled=false FULL ALERT: National Security Council warns all to take precautions as govt agencies prepare for floods Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:23:00 +0100 nst en nst-3d6d03dbde76ab1e9726ef0b30fe606b NaturalDisasters 20130106012300 http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/pm-govt-will-help-flood-victims-1.196791?localLinksEnabled=false GLOBAL FACTORS: Downpours were due to external factors like climate change KUANTAN: THE people should not be quick to blame the government for natural disasters, such as the recent flooding in the east coast, as they were also caused by factors beyond its control like global warming and climate change. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:23:00 +0100 nst en nst-0a69f7c8e8c4b766a36fd8b6d93ef7e6 NaturalDisasters ClimateChange Environment Conflict 20130106012300 http://reliefweb.int/report/world/asias-2012-figures-and-trends Source: IRIN Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines (the), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, World BANGKOK, 11 December 2012 (IRIN) - The good news: fewer people died from natural disasters in Asia in 2012 than in previous years. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:38:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-057cd525c9cf2a64b9392426a1132d4e EuropeAid UNbodies NaturalDisasters CivilProtection 14.6096 121.006 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 34.5309 69.136757 23.7099 90.4071 3.15021 101.708 33.718151 73.060547 -6.18287 106.829 35.7745 51.4477 28.5687 77.2168 35.2086 110.727 13.7703017743177 100.626440699347 20121211203800 http://www.IRINnews.org/Report/97021/DISASTERS-Asia-s-2012-figures-and-trends BANGKOK, 11 December 2012 (IRIN) - The good news: fewer people died from natural disasters in Asia in 2012 than in previous years. The bad news: between January and October, natural disasters still claimed more lives here than anywhere else in the world - and experts predict the trend will continue.... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:12:00 +0100 irinnews en irinnews-5854c1257d26186861211e140609b266 UNbodies NaturalDisasters CivilProtection 13.7703017743177 100.626440699347 20121211161200 http://reliefweb.int/report/world/floods-deaths-down-economic-losses-significant Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: Bangladesh, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the), India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan, Philippines (the), World 2012 Asian Disaster Figures * BANGKOK, 11.... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:35:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-facc9b07b50909789444cd34eaee589d CivilProtection UNbodies NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 23.7099 90.4071 33.718151 73.060547 35.7745 51.4477 28.5687 77.2168 35.2086 110.727 37.5424 126.935 13.7703017743177 100.626440699347 20121211143500