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India
Tracking Cyclone Michaung
At least 13 people have died in flooding from the downpour that preceded Tropical Cyclone Michaung’s landfall along India’s southeast coast. The storm entered Andhra Pradesh state on Tuesday afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 56-62 mph (90-100 km/h) and gusts up to 68 mph (110 km/h), according to the Indian Meteorological Department. Where the storm made landfall near Ongole district, officials shut down schools and evacuated more than 9,000 people from inundated coastal and low-lying areas. Heavy rains and high winds brought down trees and power and communication lines, causing widespread outages and disruptions.
This map depicts the path of Tropical Cyclone Michaung through Andhra Pradesh. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: ReliefWeb
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Rwanda-United Kingdom
Asylum Agreement Signed
Britain has signed a treaty to amend a program that will send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the UK Supreme Court declared the proposal, as previously written, unlawful. The court raised concerns about the safety of refugees in Rwanda, warning that asylum-seekers could be returned to the countries from which they fled. The new treaty, however, binds Rwanda to keep asylum-seekers in the country, even if their applications are denied. This treaty with Rwanda is part of Britain’s attempts to decrease unauthorized migration to the island via small boats across the English Channel. The UK government says deporting migrants who cross the English Channel would discourage others from trying to do the same, and would stop the activity of gangs who smuggle people across the channel. The agreement will still require approval by the British Parliament, and could face further legal challenges.
This map depicts the distance from the UK to Rwanda, where the UK government plans to send asylum seekers as detailed in a new agreement with the Rwandan government. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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Antarctica
World’s Largest Iceberg Moving
The world’s largest iceberg is now floating away from Antarctica for the first time in more than 35 years. Scientists believe the massive ice chunk’s breakaway was a natural occurrence – part of the “calving” process – but say it still serves as a stark reminder of the potentially disastrous implications of global sea level rise. The iceberg, known as A23a, is estimated to cover an area of almost 1,500 square miles (3,885 km sq), roughly three times the size of New York City. The iceberg has been freely drifting beyond Antarctic waters towards the Southern Ocean, and is expected to travel to an area known as “iceberg alley,” putting it on trajectory toward the mountainous island of South Georgia. Antarctica has historically been a small contributor to sea level rise, but the iceberg breaking off is an indicator of the growing contribution of Antarctic ice in the sea level rise equation.
This map depicts the path of Iceberg A23a as it moves away from Antarctica. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What country is home to the “Lighthouse of the Mediterranean,” an island containing one of the most active volcanoes in the world?
A: Italy
Stromboli is one of the seven Aeolian Islands, a volcanic archipelago north of Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The island has an area of 5 sq mi (12.6 sq km) and contains Mount Stromboli, one of the four active volcanoes in Italy and one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. The volcano’s eruptions are often visible from many points on the island and from the surrounding sea, giving rise to the island’s nickname “Lighthouse of the Mediterranean.” Mount Stromboli has been in almost continuous eruption for the past 2,000-5,000 years; its last serious one occurred in 1921. It has a unique pattern of eruption where explosions occur at the summit craters, with mild to moderate eruptions of incandescent volcanic bombs (masses of partially molten rock larger than 2.5 in (64 mm) in diameter) at intervals ranging from minutes to hours. This is known as a Strombolian eruption, which is almost exclusively explosive, but lava flows do occur when volcanic activity is high. Like Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, Stromboli is part of the Calabrian volcanic arc, associated with the subduction of the African tectonic plate under the Eurasian plate.
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Q: What archipelago is located where the boundaries of three tectonic plates – the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate, and the African Plate – intersect?
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