News
Four tankers struck by explosions in Strait of Hormuz, Iran says
- Newsrooms
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 0 reports
- Momentum
- Steady
1 in the 3 before
Cooling
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Where it’s heading
Probably peaked. Likely 4 newsrooms by 12:44pm AEDT. Calls like this were right 93% of the time. How we knowAgainst the past week
More newsrooms than 75% of the past week’s 4166 stories, and number 357 of 1918 in News.
1Iranian forces have made multiple announcements in recent weeks of ships catching fire attempting to use routes that Tehran considers off-limits
The Straits Times didn’t include a summary, so this is The Hindu’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of Oman, with a portion of the southwest of the peninsula under the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The strait is about 104 miles long, with a width varying from about 60 mi to 24 mi.4
The bigger story: Hormuz
8 developments since Fri 6 Nov.
- Oil tanker on fire in Strait of Hormuz after mine collision
1 newsroom. Linked by Strait of Hormuz, tanker, mine
- Iran says two tankers caught fire in Hormuz after hitting mines
1 newsroom. Linked by Hormuz, tanker, fire, mine
- IRGC strikes three tankers near Hormuz over ‘US links’
3 newsrooms. Linked by Strait of Hormuz, tanker
- Iran says oil tanker on fire after striking a mine near Hormuz
1 newsroom. Linked by Hormuz, Iran, tanker, fire, mine
- Oil tanker catches fire after hitting naval mine in Hormuz, Iran says
1 newsroom. Linked by Hormuz, Iran, tanker, fire, hitting, mine
- Iranian army says oil tanker ablaze in Hormuz Strait after hitting mine
1 newsroom. Linked by Hormuz Strait, tanker
Four tankers struck by explosions in Strait of Hormuz, Iran says
You’re here4 newsrooms. Linked by Hormuz, Iran, tanker, mine, caught, fire
The story so far
4 newsroomsCooling- Reports
- 5
- Newsrooms and sources
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 0
Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (0 in the last three hours, 1 in the three before).
First with it: The Hindu, 1 day before anyone else.
Reported by 4 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Reports |
|---|---|
| Sat | 0 |
| Sun | 0 |
| Mon | 0 |
| Tue | 0 |
| Wed | 0 |
| Thu | 1 |
| Today | 4 |
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
- Newsrooms
- 4
- Reports
- 5
- Over
- 1.3 days
- To three newsrooms
- 1.2 days
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