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United States
College Life and COVID-19
Institutions of higher learning have had mixed results keeping COVID-19 at bay across the United States. Some have instituted internal public health infrastructures, sharing cohesive public health messaging and implementing COVID-19 testing regimens to stop the virus from spreading on their campuses. These maps by National Geographic show colleges and universities across the Unites States and their confirmed cases of COVID-19. Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York has controlled the virus by requiring students to provide COVID-19 test results within two weeks of arrival, and to undergo regular ‘surveillance testing’ since the beginning of the semester. Other schools have experienced outbreaks with students, faculty, and staff claiming insufficient testing, temperature-taking, and social distancing.
This map depicts colleges with little to no reported cases of COVID-19 in the United States. Click on the map to learn more.
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Saudi Arabia
Remembrance Day Explosion
Several people were injured after an explosive device detonated at an Armistice Day ceremony in the city of Jiddah, in western Saudi Arabia. The ceremony, an annual event meant to remember the end of World War I, was organized by the French Consulate. Diplomatic staff from the embassies of France, Greece, Italy, the U.K., and the U.S. attended the event in a non-Muslim cemetery in the city. At least three people were injured in the attack, including a Greek consular worker, a Saudi security guard, and a British national. Details surrounding the incident, including possible suspects and motives are still under investigation. The incident follows a knife attack on a security guard at the French Consulate in Jiddah last month.
This map depicts the location of the attack in the cemetery in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Click on the map to expand.
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Philippines
Typhoon Vamco Turns Deadly
Typhoon Vamco made landfall late Wednesday night in the main island of Luzon, in northern Philippines. Luzon is home to half of the country’s 108 million population. President Duterte has ordered government agencies to hasten relief efforts after Vamco killed at least seven people and brought major flooding to the capital, Manila. The typhoon is the 21st storm to hit the Philippines this year, coming only several weeks after the island nation was ravaged by Typhoon Goni, the most powerful storm on record in 2020. Around 200,000 people were evacuated in preparation for Vamco’s arrival and almost 3 million homes in Manila are now without power. Vamco is currently headed toward Vietnam, another country that has been devastated by this season’s storms. In a conversation with Southeast Asian leaders, President Duterte spoke to the threats of climate change, stating Vamco to be a “stark reminder of the urgency of collective action to combat the effects of climate change.”
This map depicts the track of Typhoon Vamco as passes through the Philippines and heads towards Vietnam. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Sretcthing more than 13.2 million acres, and with a larger area than the country of Switzerland, what is the largest national park in the United States?
A: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Wrangell-St. Elias in northern Alaska is home to an abundance of wildlife, and with vast areas of the park untouched, it is considered to be one of the wildest places in North America. The park spans the convergence of four mountain ranges, including Mount Saint Elias with a peak of 18,008 feet. More than 25 percent of the park is covered in glaciers, however the park also a hotbed for volcanic activity.
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Q: The world’s largest continental shelf stretches nearly 1,500 miles from the coastline of this country into which body of water?
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