100 injured after meteorite crashes in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — A meteor streaked across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people.
Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Emergency Ministry said in a statement.
Interior Ministry spokesman Vadim Kolesnikov said 102 people had called for medical assistance following the incident, mostly for treatment of injuries from glass broken by the explosions.
Kolsenikov also said about 600 square meters (6,000 square feet) of a roof at a zinc factory had collapsed.
Reports conflicted on what exactly happened in the clear skies. A spokeswoman for the Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius, told The Associated Press that there was a meteor shower, but another ministry spokeswoman, Elena Smirnikh, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying it was a single meteorite.
Amateur video broadcast on Russian television showed an object speeding across the sky about 9:20 a.m. local time (0320 GMT), leaving a thick white contrail and an intense flash.
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Folks, this meteor can be seen here in this first video, slamming down on the Earth's surface as usually shown in hollywood movie when Thor descends. Booommmmmmmmmmmmmmm, the guy who took the footage lost control at one point.
And, this following video is the friggin after effect of the meteorite crash.
TOMORROW (FEB 15,2014 7:30 PST), TRIPPLE THE SIZE OF FOOTBALL FIELD THIS ASTEROID 2012 DA14 IS ZIPPING BY UNDER THE SATELLITE DISTANCE OF EARTH. SHOULD IT HIT THE EARTH, I DON'T THINK IT'LL CREATE 1000 NUCLEAR ATOM BOMBS WORTH OF DESTRUCTION AS MANY SCIENTISTS ARE ESTIMATING. LOOK AT THIS METEORITE THAT CRASHED ON RUSSIA, I DON"T THINK THAT'S COMPARABLE TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.
BUT THIS ASTEROID TOMORROW HITTING EARTH IS FAR FROM REALITY, THEY SAY.
SO CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR THE SHOW OF YOUR LIFE, :D