Eight Story Building Crumbles and Kills Hundreds. (Bangladesh)

Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- An eight-story building collapsed Wednesday morning on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, killing at least 123 people and injuring hundreds, a police official said.
Broken concrete and twisted metal stuck out from the massive pile of rubble, where rescuers dug by hand to reach trapped workers. Dhaka District Police Chief Habibur Rahman said search efforts were continuing. It was unclear how many people were trapped in the ruins.
Video from the scene showed injured victims being whisked away on stretchers and crews carrying limp bodies from the rubble. Some onlookers wept while others frantically searched for missing loved ones.

Many workers in the building, said they saw a crack appear in the building yesterday, before the building collapsed. Managers told workers at first to prepare to not show up for work today. later the factory owners revised the order and said it was safe to work. Many workers were hesitant but showed up for work, afraid of losing their jobs, and many of them lost much more then that. Mangers of the building were not able to comment on their costly mistake.we will not know the number of dead for some time.-From the Moon

April 20th Earthquake in China kills hundreds!

Lushan, China (CNN) -- A strong earthquake that struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan this weekend has killed 186 people, sent nearly 8,200 to hospitals and created a dire dearth of drinking water, Chinese state-run Xinhua reported Sunday. Earlier reports had said as many as 11,200 people were injured.
The Sichuan Red Cross estimated that drinking water in Ya'an City will run out within three days despite rescue workers' efforts to deliver supplies to quake-hit area. In more remote areas, where the shifting earth muddied river waters, people anxiously awaited evacuation, Xinhua said.
Thousands of emergency workers, including soldiers, rushed to reach the affected zones in the hilly region, but their progress was impeded.
Huge mountain chunks near the quake's epicenter in Lushan County have sheared off and fallen into valleys. Boulders have landed on roads, making emergency work difficult. Buildings were flattened in the county, and others had severe structural damage.

This earthquake struck the town of Lushan China, just before 8am Saturday morning. The Magnitude of the earthquake is still unknown. The United States clocked the earthquake at 6.6 and china clocked it at 7.0 even. This earthquake was followed by a series of violent aftershocks,That tore the town apart. this is the 2nd major earthquake to hit the area in 5 years.- From the Moon

H7N9 Bird Flu. Forever Changing

(ABC) Health officials in China are scrambling to uncover how multiple members of three families in Shanghai and a young boy and girl from neighboring homes in Beijing became infected with a new strain of bird flu.

The H7N9 virus, which has killed 17 and sickened at least 82 people since March, is thought to pass from birds to humans. But its spread within families and neighborhoods has flamed fears about possible human-to-human transmission.

More than 1,000 close contacts of those infected are under close watch for signs of the disease, according to the World Health Organization.

"We don't think there's sustained human-to-human transmission, because the only instances where there might have been human-to-human transmission are between two close family members.

What makes this case so strange, and complicated. Is that those among the 82 infected reported having no contact with birds, in the time leading up to their illness, According to China's officials. this means that it could be passed through other animals acting like a middle man before being transferred to the human species this is scary, and could be a major problem in our near future. - From the Moon

Town of West Texas Goes BOOM

(CNN) -- The full extent of the devastation will have to wait until the light of day Thursday. But residents of the small Texas town of West already know what to expect.
"There are a lot of people that got hurt," West Mayor Tommy Muska forewarned Wednesday night. "There are a lot of people that will not be here tomorrow."

Huge explosion in West Texas injures hundreds. Number of dead is unknown as of this time. I do know this has nothing to do with the Boston marathon bombings. This seemed to be a huge accident. I know that fertilizer Plants are highly explosive. Fertilizer contains Ammonium Nitrate, and the chemical compound isn't only found in fertilizer. It can also be used for making bombs so messing with explosive chemicals is very dangerous! Who knows what could have started the fire, but it did not have to be much.- From the Moon

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