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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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Myanmar troops force 400,000 to flee to Bangladesh
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This week's word in the news: RIPTIDE
DEFINITION:
A particularly strong tidal current. A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore (the term rip tide used in this sense is a misnomer).
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mariners are urged to take caution as Hurricane Jose causes high seas and potentially dangerous riptides off Cape Cod and Nantucket, the National Weather Service said.
►The Boston Globe -- 09/18/2017
