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World
Oil Production Cuts
Global demand for oil has decreased by as much as 25% in recent weeks amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The map, created by analysts at S&P Global Platts Analytics, displays total refining capacity outages caused by discretionary cuts in oil producing regions across the globe, with the biggest refining cuts in the United States, China, Latin America, and the Mediterranean. Yesterday, oil producing countries agreed to reduce production by 9.7 million barrels a day, the largest cut ever negotiated. Analysts are predicting further declines in demand through April and into May.
This map depicts where the biggest refining cuts across the globe. Click on the map to learn more. All COVID-19 updates will be displayed in a red box.
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United States
Tornadoes Hit U.S. South
On Easter Sunday, severe storm systems swept through the southern United States, damaging hundreds of structures and killing at least 18 people. An estimated 34 tornadoes were reported in Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia by early Monday morning. Widespread damage is being reported in five counties in Mississippi and 900,000 people are experiencing power outages across the region, leaving people stranded without access to power in a time when many are expected to work and attend school remotely. Those whose homes were affected by these storms are being encouraged to practice social distancing in shelters. The storms are now moving north to the East Coast, with the possibility of more tornadoes and hail to come.
This map depicts five counties in Mississippi with widespread storm damage. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: AFP
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Ukraine
Wildfires Burn Near Chernobyl
For the past nine days, wildfires have spread north of Chernobyl and around the Pripyat River. The wildfires are within two kilometers of the “New Safe Containment Zone,” the area that covers the remains of Chernobyl nuclear explosion in 1986. Threats of fires reaching abandoned vehicles containing radioactive elements raises concern for populated areas nearby. The 1,000 square mile Exclusion Zone is mostly uninhabited, but radioactive particles stored in vegetation may be released after burning and carried by smoke plumes to surrounding areas. Radiation levels remain within the normal range, but the growing wildfires may lead to unsafe radiation levels if not contained.
This map depicts the stretch of wildfires near Chernobyl “New Safe Containment Zone” in Ukraine. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Easter Island, the easternmost outpost of Polynesia, was annexed by which country?
A: Chile
Also called Rapa Nui, the island is located 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) east of Pitcairn Island and 2,200 miles west of Chile. The island was named Paaseiland (“Easter Island”) by the Dutch Admiral Jacob Roggeveen in memory of the day they encountered the island (Easter Sunday in 1722). The island is famous for its giant stone statues called moai.
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Q: Geologic evidence suggests that Adam’s Bridge was formerly the world’s largest tombolo connecting which two countries?
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