http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/16/world/europe/russia-meteor-shower/index.html
A day after a spectacular meteor blast shook Russia's Urals region, the cleanup operation got under way Saturday in the hard-hit Russian city of Chelyabinsk.
Although some buildings
were unscathed when sonic waves from the Friday morning explosion
reverberated through the region, others lost some or most windows or had
walls come tumbling down.
More than 1,000 people
were injured, including more than 200 children, according to news
reports. Many of them were hit by flying glass.
[...]
Altogether, more than 4,000 buildings, mostly apartment blocks, were
damaged and 200,000 square kilometers (77,220 square miles) of glass
were broken, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency cited the Chelyabinsk
regional emergencies ministry as saying Saturday.
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