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Venezuela
Deadly Landslides in Las Tejerias
On Saturday night, the Venezuelan community of Tejerias was struck by a landslide caused by torrential rains from Hurricane Julia. The downpour flooded five small rivers in the nearby mountains, and the floodwaters swept large tree trunks and debris downhill. Hurricane Julia passed just north of Venezuela before making landfall in Nicaragua on Sunday morning. As of Monday, at least 36 people were killed, and 56 others are missing. Homes and businesses have been destroyed, and electricity supply to Tejerias has been cut. About 1,000 emergency personnel are working on search and rescue operations. Residents were reportedly digging through mud by hand to search for survivors. During the past week, torrential rains have led to flooding in 11 of the 23 Venezuelan states.
This map depicts the location of the town of Tejerias, Venezuela, 40 miles southwest of Caracas, where rains from Hurricane Julia fueled a deadly landslide Saturday night. Click on the map to learn more.
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New Zealand
Hundreds of Whales Dead
Nearly 500 pilot whales have died in two separate mass strandings in New Zealand’s isolated Chatham Islands. On Saturday, 215 whales were discovered stranded on Chatham Island, while another 250 were confirmed stranded at Pitt Island this morning. While most of the animals were already dead upon the arrival of rescuers from New Zealand’s Department of Conservation, the others have been euthanized due to their poor health and the small likelihood of the weakened animals’ success, should they have been re-floated into the shark-infested waters. The Chatham Islands are a global hot spot for whale strandings for reasons not well understood by scientists. Pilot whales are among the most common species known for mass strandings.
This map depicts the location of New Zealand’s Chatham Island and Pitt Island, where nearly 500 whales are confirmed to have been stranded. Click on the map to learn more.
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United Kingdom
Submarine Ice Age Valleys
A team of researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the University of Sheffield have completed a new study, published last week in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, of the tunnel valleys beneath the North Sea. The valleys lie hidden beneath the sea floor under layers of sediment, however advances in 3D seismic imaging have made it possible to map the valleys’ shapes and model how the meltwater from northern Europe’s massive ice sheets carved the valleys over thousands of years. The BAS released a statement suggesting these valleys can be up to 93 miles (150 km) long, 3.7 miles (6 km) wide, and 1,640 feet (500 m) deep. Scientists believe understanding these ancient formations may give insight to what may happen if the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets continue to recede.
This map depicts the locations of the late-Ice Age tunnel valleys beneath the North Sea that have been mapped by researchers from the United Kingdom. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What river runs along the border of three European countries and is known for watering famous white grape vineyards?
A: The Moselle River
The Moselle River rises in the Vosges Mountains in northeastern France, flowing for 339 miles (545 km) across Luxembourg and western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine River, where it meets at Koblenz, Germany. On its course between Trier and Koblenz, Germany’s stunning river valleys, the hillsides are covered by terraced vineyards. Moselle Valley is known for producing famous Moselle wines and some of the best Rieslings in the world. In the town of Bernkastel-Kues, the Mosel Wein Museum boasts 160 different kinds of wine and exhibits on century-old wine making traditions. Atop the hillsides and wine villages of the river valley also sit many castle ruins, some of which are UNESCO-protected sites.
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Q: Protected by the largest national park system of tropical rainforests in the world, what is Brazil’s highest peak?
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