Nocere – Earth Disasters

It is twice now within a months time that Kabul, Afghanistan has been targeted by bombs.

Thursday,  a suicide bomber inside a car parked close to the Indian Embassy, detonated the bomb, blowing  himself up and killing approximately 17 others.

When bombs of this sort are set off, it’s not only the military or officials that are killed. There are many other inocent peoples lives taken. The last bomb went off early in the morning Thursday as people were going to work. There are 80 people suffering from  injuries due to the bombing.

The car was driven up alongside the embassy early Thursday morning,  with all the explosives in it. The car was parked by the embassy at the busiest time of day. There were 15 non military people that perished and 2 police personnel that perished in the blast.

The Taliban has claimed they are responsible to the attack.

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Potholes and other problems with the depleted roadways in Nigeria are a major problem for travelers.

On Friday,  5 small buses loaded with people were traveling through the southern part of Nigeria in the state of Anambra. A tanker carrying fuel collide with one of these potholes causing  it to flip over exploding.
The jammed packed buses were too close to the explosion and also were set on fire. 70 people were severly burnt and perished in the flames. The number of victims is expected to grow as badly burnt  bodies of people are identified from the buses.

The roads are in such poor condition and it is feared that accidents of this sort are going to continue to happen until they are repaired. It is a common sight to see an accident on the Nigerian roadways.

There were many more people injured in the explosion and have been transported to close by hospitals.

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It was a bomb placed in a automobile close to the Iraq town of Falluja that blew up taking the lives of 9 or more people and causing injury to many more.

While many could have been enjoying the setting sun, the bomb exploded in a auto sitting in an area of Amiriya. It blew up numerous vehicles when it exploded.

The once strong insurgent Falluja in the unstable state of Anbar located on the west side of Baghdad, has  joined with the US troops and are fighting the against the AL-Qaeda.

Anbar has seen much aggression towards officers and the Iraqi army at stop points located  in Anbar.

There are at least 5 officers believed to  have perished in the explosion.

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It is unknown  what chemical caused the blast at the warehouse located in Shandong state in the east region of China.

It  occurred at approximately 1600 pm as workers were pulling the chemicals off a  truck at the storage warehouse.

Around 26 emergency vehicles for putting out fires were involved in extinguishing  the fire at the site of the accident.

7 people were injured so badly by the blast that they died on the scene while 11 others died either in transport or at the hospital.

As is necessary, the accident is being checked into to see what caused it.

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LOS ANGELES — Wildfire endangered 12,000 suburban dwellings and rained ash on vehicles as distant as downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, dispersing in all main headings in warm, dry conditions. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger advised those in the fire’s route to hear to administration and get out.

When thousands have escaped, two persons who endeavored to travel out the firestorm in a backyard warm tub were burned down. The two in Big Tujunga Canyon, on the southwestern for demonstration of the blaze, “totally underestimated the fire” and the warm tub supplied “no defence whatsoever,” Sheriff’s representative Steve Whitmore said Sunday.

Whitmore recounted their status as “critical” but blaze agents said one of the two was covered and issued and the other stayed hospitalized in steady condition. A third individual was burned Saturday in an evacuation locality along Highway 2 beside Mount Wilson, agents said. Details of that wound were not directly known.
In the state’s seaboard midsection, all evacuation instructions were hoisted Sunday after a 10-square-mile blaze burned beside the Monterey County village of Soledad. The blaze, 80 per hundred comprised, was begun by farming fireworks utilized to shock animals away from crops. The blaze decimated one home.

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In the southern region of Iraq, between the cities of Kut and Baghdad, a sticky bomb engaged to a motorcoach went off killing no fewer then 11 people on Monday. There were 4 adult females and 2 minors that perished in the detonation.

Over 11 others were injured in the detonation.

Since USA forces started removing troops last June, the attacks have intensified but an aspect of the whole level of force has shown a down fall.

Even so, the violence has caused the Iraqi people to have doubts as to how safe they are  That is what the rebel forces are hoping for. They want the people to question the government. To bring about panic amongst the citizens.

Only a few days ago, two trucks carrying bombs exploded killing approximately 95 people. It was the worse attack yet this year.

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Destructive fast moving flames started last Friday in Greece. The air currents have fueled the 90 different region flames that have destroyed hundreds of private dwellings and 15,000 hectares. Hectares is a French measurement of 2.47 acres. This means they have destroyed more then 15,000 acres.

Water supply drop-offs from helicopters and planes have been constantly discharging water on the flames during the daylight hours. Italy has dispatched 2 of their water dropping planes to help with the discharges. Cyprus is also planning on lending a helicopter. Greece has called on the European Union for aide  last Saturday.

The winds had calmed down a bit allowing the firefighters to feel they were gaining on the fires, but on Monday, the winds are expected to pick up force again which will enable to fires to spread quickly.

As of this time no deaths from the fire have been reported. There were 20,000 people relocated out of Athens for safety reasons on Sunday. As many as 10,000 chose  to remain behind to try and protect their homes and belongings.

A state of emergency has been announced by the Prime Minister. They moved children and adults out of two hospitals for children, some summer camps, a monastery and a home for the aged on Sunday.

The fires originated in Grammatiko on Friday which is on the northeastern side of Athens. The wind conditions fueled the flames which are now causing the most devastation from fires since 2007. In those fires, 65 people perished and thousands of hectares of woodland was scorched.

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The celebration never took place. Thirty-five adult females and 6 children were incinerated so badly, that the only way to find out who they are is with DNA examinations.

In just a short 3 minutes on Saturday evening, the fire had extinguished the lives of 41 guests of the marriage ceremony. The women and children were in the tent celebrating with singing and dancing. The women and men have different celebrations they attend after a marriage ceremony. The men would  have been in another tent having a dinner party at the time.

Instead of the men returning to the women and the groom fetching his bride, the men found the womens tent  a flame and unable to even recognize most of the dead. As the flames were rolling through the tent, women and youngsters would have been fleeing for their lives and some falling down becoming crushed to the ground as others ran over them.

It is the most distressing and  deadly fire that Kuwait has underwent in forty years according to the fire chief of the area.

No alcohol has been implicated in the fire since it is prohibited in Islam. The reason for the fire is being looked into.

It is not acknowledged yet if the bride perished in the flaming inferno or escaped.

Another 58 injured are at this time in the hospital. There are 7 of them that suffered serious burns and are in serious condition.

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