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Mexico
Hurricane Agatha Kills 11
Hurricane Agatha made landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of fishing villages and beach towns in Oaxaca, Mexico on Monday afternoon as a category two hurricane. Rivers overflowing their banks and landslides resulted in 11 people dead and at least 20 people missing, according to Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat Hinojosa. Floods swept people away in their homes, while other victims were buried under mud and rocks. Mountain villages are among the worst hit; the village of Santa Catarina de Xanaguía is without power and has damaged roads and destroyed homes. The town of Santiago Xanica is now only accessible by air since the main bridge was destroyed. Agatha arrived on the coast with wind gusts up to 105mph, but quickly lost power as it moved inland over the mountains. This is the strongest recorded hurricane to hit the Pacific coast of Mexico in the month of May.
This map depicts the path of Hurricane Agatha. The red color indicates hurricane force winds, and the orange color indicates tropical storm force winds. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: NOAA
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Myanmar
Deadly Bomb Blast in Yangon
A bomb blast in Myanmar’s former capital city of Yangon has killed one person and injured nine others. The blast occurred at 3:20 pm local time near a bus stop in the city’s busy commercial district. The party responsible for the attack has not yet been identified, but the country has seen increased violence since a military junta took over in February of last year. Yangon is Myanmar’s largest city and remains a commercial and financial hub of the country. Another bomb blast earlier in the day at a school in Myanmar’s northern Shan State killed at least one person and wounded seven. Locals reported the fatality was a teacher, and other teachers and students were among those injured. Myanmar’s shadow government and its military junta have traded blame for the attack and other terror events across the country. Amnesty International has accused the military junta of the recent violence, while another NGO, Save The Children, has reported over 260 attacks at schools since May 2021.
This map depicts Yangon in Myanmar, the site of a bomb blast that killed one person and injured nine others on Tuesday. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Barron’s
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World
Most Neglected Refugees
The Norwegian Refugee Council has published a list of 2021’s ten most neglected displacement crises, all of which are in Africa. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone, approximately 27 million people, almost one-third of the total population, faced hunger. Furthermore, the number of internally and internationally displaced people are respectively around 5.5 million and one million. In addition, the World Food Programme expressed their concern about the risk of starvation of 20 million people due to drought in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Given the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the costs of fuel and food have increased in many countries across Africa. Around 90% of African wheat is imported from Russia and Ukraine, and those imports have now nearly stalled. Experts have suggested immediate actions be taken to meet this demand-supply gap or the situation will worsen in the near future.
This map depicts the world’s top ten most neglected displacements in 2021. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: At 50 miles (80 km) wide, what is the name of the strait in the Caribbean Sea connecting shipping between the Panama Canal and the eastern United States?
A: The Windward Passage
The Windward Passage (the Passage au Vent in French and the Paso de los Vientos in Spanish) is a narrow strait in the Caribbean Sea connecting to the Atlantic Ocean, between the easternmost region of Cuba and the northwest of Haiti. One standing on either side of the straight can witness the lights on the opposite island. The strait has a threshold depth of 1,700 m (5,600 ft) and intersects with the Septentrional-Oriente fault zone. It sits in the direct path of shipping between the Panama Canal and the eastern seaboard of the United States. Although such a historically important shipping route, the strait has been under-explored. The region represents an active portion of the northern Caribbean plate boundary where seismic activity is common on the seafloor beneath the Windward Passage.
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Q: Australia is widely known for its unique coastal beaches. With more than 37,000 miles (60,000 km) of coastline, can you guess the number of beaches in Australia?
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