Russia: Meteorite shower causes injuries, damages

tvnz.co.nz reported that A spectacular meteor shower has rained down on central Russia, injuring several people and shattering windows, reports say. There was panic on the streets as many buildings were evacuated, following powerful blasts as the meteors hurtled across the sky over the Urals region.
“A meteorite disintegrated above the Urals, partially burning up in the lower atmosphere,” AFP reported the local office of the national emergencies ministry as saying. “Fragments of the meteorite reached Earth, falling in sparsely populated areas in the Chelyabinsk region. “According to preliminary information, four people have been injured by flying glass.” The statement said “numerous calls of panic” had been received. Read Article