{"id":1435,"date":"2013-02-16T07:53:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T07:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/news\/2013\/02\/16\/meteor-injures-hundreds\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T07:25:35","slug":"meteor-injures-hundreds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/meteor-injures-hundreds\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Injures Hundreds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">A series of explosions in the skies of Russia&#8217;s Urals region, reportedly caused by a meteor shower, has sparked panic in three major cities. Witnesses said that houses shuddered, windows were blown out and cellphones stopped working.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Atmospheric phenomena have been registered in the cities of Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg and Tyumen.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">In Chelyabinsk, witnesses said the explosion was so loud that it resembled an earthquake and thunder at the same time, and that there were huge trails of smoke across the sky. Others reported seeing burning objects fall to earth.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Office buildings in downtown Chelyabinsk are being evacuated. The regional Emergency Ministry said the phenomenon was a meteorite shower, but locals have speculated that it was a military fighter jet crash or a missile explosion.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"width\" value=\"500\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"315\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YWs95bCsETM?version=3&#038;hl=en_US&#038;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YWs95bCsETM?version=3&#038;hl=en_US&#038;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;According to preliminary data, the flashes seen over the Urals were caused by [a] meteorite shower,&#8221; the Emergency Ministry told Itar-Tass news agency.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Many locals reported that the explosion rattled their houses and smashed windows.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;This explosion, my ears popped, windows were smashed&#8230; phone doesn&#8217;t work,&#8221; Evgeniya Gabun wrote on Twitter.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;My window smashed, I am all shaking! 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