Nocere – Earth Disasters

At this time it is not known why a Russian jet started descending too early on Tuesday and exploded into flames. There were 44 that lost their lives and another 8 wounded.

At this time, the crash is being judged possibly pilot error.

The accident is being investigated and recordings from the pilots has been located. These recordings will allow the authorities to listen to the final moments before the crash and maybe give some insight as to what happened.

It is possible that the pilot was trying to find the runway but could not see it.

There were 36 Russians on board that died, 4 that were both US/Russian citizens, a Swede, Dutchman and two from the Ukraine.

Of the 8 injured, there are 5 in serious shape.

The jet had left Moscow Monday evening for Petrozavodsk. Before it crash landed on a highway, it topped a 15 meters high pine tree. This happened not far from the Petrozavodsk airport. The plane did not break apart while flying.

There were many rescuers on the site Tuesday before sunrise. Doctors, police and rescue workers were there to help out.

At this time they have Forensic experts on the scene to identify the bodies.

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In the southern parts of the Sudan cattle country, rebels have invaded the area and killed 29 people.  This calculation includes both the deaths of  police and non-military personal in the area.

Ever since the citizens in the south  chose to withdraw away from the northern parts and become their own country, the south has been ravaged with acts of war. There have been over 1,500 people that have perished since the battles started according to the United Nations.

There has been battles in 10 of the southern states. Battles between 7 different rebel reserve groups are battling  with the government forces. There has been gun battles between the rebels and the army and tribal quarrels over livestock.

The battling going on within the southern states has been outweighed by the concern of open disputes between the two sides. There is also constant battles going on in the border areas over the last few weeks which has uprooted 10,000 people and put a strain on a weakening peace between the two sides.

At this time there is concern that even if the peace does hold,  that the new country the south is forming may fail due to battles within it’s own borders.

The latest raid took place in the Warrap state. It is thought to have been started by rebels from Unity state. There were 7 police personnel that perished, two were officers. There were also 22 non-military personal that perished in the fighting. These are all figures that could change as fresh information arrives.

The army in the south is setting up areas of defense close to the border between the north and south. They are accusing the north of bombing the region two times on Friday and Monday.

The Republic of South Sudan is suppose to be constituted on July 9th.

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The Puyehue volcano in southern Chile continues to disrupt lives and cause problems even a week after it started spitting out hot ash and smoke. It has caused air traffic to be cancelled and stricken farmers. In South America, farmers have been hurt as have the salmon farmers in the southern parts of Chile. The salmon farmers have lost millions of salmon in the rivers due to the water temperature rising to high for the salmon to live in.

It was on June 4th when the volcano erupted and stated spitting smoke and ash into the sky going as high as 6 miles. There were 3500 people evacuated. People that left their homes that lived close to the volcano have been told not to return just yet. There is a threat of landslides in the area.

The ash cloud reached Bueonos Aires which is the capital of Argentina and a neighboring state of Chile. Both incoming and outgoing flight were disrupted and canceled.

Over the weekend, the cloud had made it as far as Australia and New Zealand again disrupting air travel in those countries for both local and out of country travel. . It is thought that if the weather continues as is, there will be no danger to the people in the area. Airports in Argentina and Urguay both had to cancel flights. Ever since the volcano erupted with the ash on June 4th, airports have had to cancel flights in Argentina, Urguay, Chile, Paraguay and Brazil.

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There were two bombings within a short time of each other in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. There were 34 people killed and over 100 wounded in the bombing. It is said to be the deadliest assault since the US attack that killed Osama bin Laden.

One of the bombings was a suicide attack. It happened just after midnight Sunday in the part of the city where there are lots of political offices and army quarters.

The assaults happened just as the CIA Director Leon Panetta and the Afghan President Hamid Kaarzai were visiting Islamabad only 95 miles to the east of the city. They were there to talk with head Pakistani officials about sharing intelligence and trying to reconcile with the Taliban.

The first of the two bombings was not a large one and drew officials to it. Just a couple minutes later another bomb went off killing 18 people and injuring 108.

The last bomb was on a passing motorcycle. There were 22 pounds of explosives on the bike.

No one has claimed the act yet. It is known that the Taliban plans on retaliating for the death of bin Laden.

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At least 12 children, all under the age of 15, died Friday when their bus went off the road and ended up in a canal. They are still searching for two children and the driver of the bus.

The accident happened in Ali Beg town. Accidents are common in Pakistan because the roads are not properly cared for and the buses are not maintained very well.

The bus driver in this case contributed to the accident by traveling too fast. The driver then lost control resulting in the bus running off the road and into the canal.

The children were on their way to school. The driver had picked them up and was suppose to take them to different schools that they attended.

There were two students taken to the hospital where they were admitted.

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There were possibly more then two men bearing guns that entered the drug clinic in Torreon on Tuesday afternoon. They arrived in two or more vehicles and entered the the La Victoria drug clinic and started shooting.

At least 11 people died in the shooting. Two of the survivors hid beneath their beds during the shooting. They were injured in the shooting but due to quick thinking, survived.

The reason for the attack is not known but it is thought it could be the work of a drug gang.

There have been dozens of people that have been killed at clinics such as this over the last two years. Officials say that they are being done in retaliation on rival drug gang members.

The clinic is in the Coahuila state located in the northern parts of Mexico.

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The Arizona’s Wallow fire is the 2nd largest fire on record for the state of Arizona. Smoke from the fire can be seen as far away as 6 states on the east side of it. Air travel was canceled hundreds of miles away from the fire.

The fire is moving at 5 to 8 miles each day. It has been burning a week now, it may have been started by a campfire left burning with no one near to watch over it.

It has been 12 days now and the fire is still not contained. It has put thousands of residents out of their homes.

The fire is heading towards major electric transmission lines. These lines supply electrical power to thousands of people. It sends power as far east as the state of Texas.

There were two more towns in the direction the fire is going that had to be cleared out on Wednesday. The winds adding fuel to the fire sent the last people heading out of Geer which is a little town near the New Mexico border. It also sent another 7000 people out of the towns of Eagar and Springerville.

They are calling the fire Wallow after the Bear Wallow wilderness country. They are using bulldozers to try and make a roadblock to try and keep the fire away from houses.

It’s a big fire and it’s going to take awhile to put it out. At this time no one has suffered any serious injuries.

So far the flames have burnt 388,480 acres of land or 607 square miles. There are about 2500 people fighting the fire. The firefighters have come from as far away as New York. Winds blowing at 30 mph and wind gust of 60mph are not helping out the situation.

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After many parts of China have gone without rain since last October, they are now being evacuated out of their homes before flood water sweeps them away. The flooding is hitting the central and southern parts of China.

Heavy torrential rainfall has caused rapid flooding that has taken the lives of 14 or more people in the south western Guizhou province.

There are many people that are missing and ten thousand have cleared out of their dwellings prior to the flood waters hitting.

There have been roads washed out, bridges damaged and hundreds of houses and vehicles destroyed in the raging waters.

The drought that lasted for months had already left the country without much needed crops in the central and northern parts of China.

Since June 3, raging flood waters have swept through 11 cities and counties according to the provincial civil affairs located in Guizhou.

There have been possibly over 270,000 people that have been affected by this flooding. 45,000 left their homes and another 3000 are stuck where they are.

Even though it is raining now, there is no good outlook for the crops. A shortage is in the forecast and that may cause food prices all over the world to go up.

In China, the fear of a food shortage is being lessened as the officials are letting the people know there is enough food in reserve to take care of there needs.

Food prices in China have already been on the rise for months now.

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