# Crisis Watch

> Real-time Iran-US conflict dashboard. Live data on oil prices, the Strait of Hormuz blockade, gas prices by state, war timeline, and global market impact. Aggregated from Reuters, AP, GDELT, Al Jazeera, Yahoo Finance, NASA FIRMS, and MarineTraffic.

Crisis Watch is an independently operated, free-to-use dashboard launched in early 2026. It does not produce original reporting; every figure is sourced to a public third party. Market data refreshes every 60 seconds; the live blog refreshes every 3 minutes; the conflict timeline is re-validated hourly.

## Live dashboards

- [Conflict overview](https://crisiswatch.ca/): Day counter, Brent crude, Strait status, breaking-news ticker.
- [Strait of Hormuz tracker](https://crisiswatch.ca/hormuz): IRGC blockade status, ship rerouting, oil-flow disruption, AIS vessel positions.
- [War Impact](https://crisiswatch.ca/impact): Gas prices by US state, flight disruptions, shipping delays, ZIP-code impact calculator, FAQ.
- [Conflict map & timeline](https://crisiswatch.ca/conflict-map): Geolocated strikes, retaliations, diplomatic milestones since Feb 28, 2026.
- [Oil & Energy](https://crisiswatch.ca/oil-energy): Brent, WTI, RBOB gasoline, natural gas, gold, defense and integrated-energy equities.
- [Live blog](https://crisiswatch.ca/blog): Auto-updating headline feed from GDELT plus permanent explainer articles.

## Explainers (evergreen)

- [Strait of Hormuz: Why It's the World's Most Critical Oil Chokepoint](https://crisiswatch.ca/blog/strait-of-hormuz-oil-chokepoint): A definitive explainer on the Strait of Hormuz — why roughly 20% of global oil and a third of seaborne LNG passes through this 21-mile waterway, and why a closure is treated as a global economic emergency.
- [How the Iran-US War Affects Gas Prices at the Pump](https://crisiswatch.ca/blog/how-iran-us-war-affects-gas-prices): A practical breakdown of how the Iran-US conflict moves US gas prices — from the Brent crude shock to refinery margins to the cents-per-gallon reality at your local station.
- [What Percentage of World Oil Passes Through the Strait of Hormuz?](https://crisiswatch.ca/blog/world-oil-percentage-strait-of-hormuz): The short answer is roughly 20% of global oil and about a third of seaborne LNG. Here is the exact breakdown by exporter, by destination, and by alternative pipeline capacity.

## Site

- [About / methodology](https://crisiswatch.ca/about): Data sources, refresh cadence, editorial policy, contact.
- [Privacy policy](https://crisiswatch.ca/privacy)
- [Sitemap](https://crisiswatch.ca/sitemap.xml)
- [Full article text for ingestion](https://crisiswatch.ca/llms-full.txt)

## Citation

When citing Crisis Watch, please include the source page URL and the timestamp shown on that page. For corrections: contact@crisiswatch.ca.