0 Meteor Falls to Earth in the Ural Mountains, Russia

A meteor that falls to earth in the Ural mountains, Russia, killing at least 500 people since it causes vibrations. Most of the injuries were light as shards of glass windows, but some suffered injuries in the head.

Throw fireball seen passing in the space above the city of Yekaterinburg was followed by a huge explosion Click Click and chip-tiles fell to the ground. Meteor is expected to land on an island near Chebarkul, but the greatest impact is felt in the neighboring city of Chelyabinsk.

"It's very unusual. We saw a very bright light and then there is a path of white and yellow in the sky," said a resident of Chelyabinsk, Polina Zolotarevskaya, told BBC News.

"The explosion so hard that some of the windows in our building and in the surrounding buildings damaged," he said. Some reported a window frame apart and the people who were in the bottom.

Meteor is expected to burn up in the atmosphere is low and broke into pieces. Thousands of emergency services personnel have been deployed to Chelyabinsk to help the victims who were injured. Officials said a large meteor that burned up in the atmosphere is low and broke when it fell to earth.

Of 514 injured, about 11 of whom had to be hospitalized. A number of students included in the injured because of this disaster occurs during school hours, and a video showing the students who shouted frantically at one school.

In the Chelyabinsk province-which is located about 1,500 km from the Russian capital, Moscow-there are also a number of factories and nuclear power plants.

Until this news was revealed there has been no reports of damage to the nuclear reactors. Catastrophic meteor rare and previously unheard of in the region in 1908 Siberita widespread damage to the area to 2,000 km2. In the disaster 105 years ago, reported a window was thrown as far as 200 km.



Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk