Strait of Hormuz Shipping Flows Slump to One-Tenth Pre-War Levels

There is a narrow strip of water called the Strait of Hormuz that many countries use to move oil on big ships.

Oil is a special liquid that helps cars run and keeps homes warm.

Right now, there is a war happening in that part of the world.

Because of the war, far fewer ships are traveling through the strait than before.

The boss of a big oil company says only about one out of every ten ships now crosses it compared with before the war.

That means a lot of oil is not reaching the countries that need it.

Already, billions of barrels of oil have been taken away from the world's supply.

Every week, millions more barrels of oil could be lost.

This matters because people all over the world depend on that oil to live their daily lives.