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    Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

    More than 500 people have been injured after a meteor strike in central Russia, the country’s interior ministry said.
    Fragments of at least one meteorite - the weight of a double-decker bus - were seen falling from the sky in the Chelyabinsk region at around 9am local time, around 1,500km east of Moscow.
    Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies said 524 people have been injured of which 82 are children. Two people are in intensive care while another 32 adults and 12 children are being treated in hospital.
    Hidden Content The meteor lit up the sky Many were hurt by flying glass as windows were blown in. Witnesses described feeling a pressure wave and hearing explosions overhead as the object hurtled to earth.
    The Russian Academy of Sciences estimates the meteor weighed about 10 tonnes and entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of at least 33,000mph - 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet - and shattered up to 32 miles above ground.
    Meteors typically cause sizeable sonic booms when they enter the atmosphere because they are travelling much faster than the speed of sound.
    Hidden Content The meteorite weighed 10 tonnes The defence ministry said it had identified a six metre crater near a lake in this region and has sent soldiers to the site of the impact.
    The emergencies ministry said that 20,000 rescue workers had been dispatched to help the injured and locate those needing help.
    Resident Anna Pinkus said she saw a bright light outside her window and then heard three explosions.
    Hidden Content More than 500 people have been injured "It was a very loud sound. After that our windows began to shatter and shiver so it was very terrifying. First we thought it was a plane crash."
    The local office of the National Emergencies Ministry said in a statement: "A meteorite disintegrated above the Urals (mountain range in central Russia), partially burning up in the lower atmosphere.
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    Re: Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

    Amazing stuff
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    Re: Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

    Wonder if this was fragments off the one that missed us....

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    Re: Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

    i herd on the news another one was passing over britan tonite at 7 oclosk 4 meters wide

    the said if it hit it wud take out the whole city of plynmouth

    im in plymouth it didnt hit Hidden Content

    they said you cud see it with the naked eye but i didnt see anything so i guess they got it wrong againHidden Content

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    Re: Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

    Deep Impact ring anybodys bell????
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    Re: Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

    And yet no sign of Superman or Optimus Prime...

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    Re: Meteorite Shower Hits Russia Injuring 524

    Just glad no one seriously injured could of been alot worse

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