But its there. Reporter the explosion blew out windows in thousands of apartment buildings sending glass shards flying. No one was killed. Among the jur injured two00 children. More than 300 schools sustained damage. A wall at a zinc factually claeped. The regions governor promised to replace all the broken windows in a week, a long way where the temperature was 12 below zero. Tony guida cbs news, new york. Axelrod the russians werent the only ones looking up and seeing meteors purpose there were two other apparent meteor sightings reported last night one over cuba and then look at the upper right part of your screen. This image was captured in san francisco. Neither of these other two meteors caused any injuries or damage. Joining us now for more on all this activity above earth is jeffrey kluger, the science editor for time magazine. It has started to feel weve warnedded into some sort of meteor blizzard. Has something actually changed . Actually, it hasnt. The earth has been playing
Four decades. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. We begin tonight with that meteor that exploded over russia. Scientists now say it was even bigger and heavier than they first thought, 55 feet long and weighing 10,000 tons. It was moving at a speed of 40,000 Miles Per Hour when it hit the atmosphere, produce an enormous shock wave that blew out windows and injured 1200 people in chelyabinsk, russia. Tony guida has more on the largest known media to hit the earth since 1908. Reporter at chebarkul lake, 950 miles east of moscow, scientists today looked for remnants of the meteor. Fisherman Valery Morozov saw the space rock falling through the sky. In a matter of seconding, he says, it appeared to grow from a small flare into a huge ball and then an unbelievably bright flash. About once every 100 years something bigger than a minivan will come through the atmosphere and impact either our atmosphere or the earth. Reporter and this was that event
Four decades. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. We begin tonight with that meteor that exploded over russia. Scientists now say it was even bigger and heavier than they first thought 55 feet long and weighing 10,000 tons. It was moving at a speed of 40,000 Miles Per Hour when it hit the atmosphere, produce an enormous shock wave that blew out windows and injured 1200 people in chelyabinsk, russia. Tony guida has more on the largest known media to hit the earth since 1908. Reporter at chebarkul lake 950 miles east of moscow, scientists today looked for remnants of the meteor. Fisherman Valery Morozov saw the space rock falling through the sky. In a matter of seconding, he says, it appeared to grow from a small flare into a huge ball and then an unbelievably bright flash. About once every 100 years something bigger than a minivan will come through the atmosphere and impact either our atmosphere or the earth. Reporter and this was that event .
September 1st. 4 00 a. M. In the east and 3 00 a. M. In houston. One week after harvey blasted its way ashore, there are emerging concerns. Overnight the death toll climbing again. Now stands at 47. At the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, more blasts are expected following the first explosion of an organic peroxide container. That happened 24 hours ago. A 1. 5mile perimeter remains in effect around the plant. Another new worry price gouging. Texas officials have had close to 600 complaints about scams and gouging. One Convenience Store charging 20 a gallon for gas. Theres a panic with bizarrely long lines and prices shooting up from 2. 50 to 4. 50 a gallon ahead of labor day. Some stations sold out. As for houstons reservoirs, they are operating normally with no breaches or failures. It will take three months to empty them through controlled releases. Buffalo bayou where that water drains will likely stay flooded for some time. Several weeks at the deepest spots. And state and f