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Kenya
Dam Bursts After Weeks of Floods
At least 45 people have died after a makeshift dam burst in Kenya’s Rift Valley early Monday morning. Over 110 people are being treated in hospitals, and it is unclear how many more remain buried between the debris. The disaster comes after weeks of torrential rains have displaced thousands across the country. Experts attribute the severe flooding to El Niño, the global weather phenomenon associated with droughts in some places and flooding in others. The March-May wet season has already claimed the lives of 120 people in Kenya. Flooding has similarly affected nearby Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. Kenyan officials say the government will inspect all dams and water reservoirs and arrest those engaged in risky behaviors such as attempting to cross flood waters by boat.
This map depicts the location of a burst dam in Kenya. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jazeera
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Cambodia
20 Killed in Army Base Explosion
Twenty soldiers were killed, and several others wounded in a military base explosion in the Kampong Speu province of Cambodia on Saturday afternoon. Images from the scene show badly damaged buildings on the base and 25 nearby villager homes with holes in their roofs. Some civilians have been hospitalized. Three storage buildings and one work facility building were destroyed, and several military vehicles were damaged. Cambodia’s army said the incident was a “warehouse ammunition explosion,” which destroyed a truck fully loaded with weaponry. Cambodia has been experiencing an extended heat wave. While high temperatures do not normally detonate ammunition, they can degrade the stability of explosives over time such that a small detonation can set off a chain reaction.
This map depicts the location of the Kampong Speu military base in southwestern Cambodia, where an ammunition explosion took place. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Sky News
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United Arab Emirates
New $35 Billion Airport Proposed
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has proposed a new $35 billion airport to replace the current Dubai International Airport. The project seeks to construct a new airport terminal called Al Maktoum International Airport, as part of more development of housing and other infrastructure in Dubai South and continuing strains on operations at the current airport, which serves almost 90 million passengers per years. Operations will gradually transfer over to the new airport over the course of the next decade. Once completed, Al Maktoum International Airport will be the world’s largest, with 400 airport gates and five parallel runways, making it five times larger than the current airport and with the capacity to serve 260 million passengers a year. The potential increase in air traffic through Dubai will greatly increase the need for jet fuel at the location, and UAE’s ENOC, the state-owned energy group, is preparing to build a dedicated pipeline just to serve the new transportation hub.
This map depicts the oil infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The country is preparing to construct the world’s largest airport, which is planned to be served with a dedicated pipeline to supply jet fuel. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia?
A: Laos
Laos is the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. It covers approximately 236,800 square kilometers in the center of the Southeast Asian peninsula, and it is surrounded by Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Historically, its location has often made it a buffer state between more powerful neighboring states, particularly for the ancestral rulers of the modern-day Burmese, Vietnamese, and Thais, as well as a crossroads for trade and communication.
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