3 Die in Balloon Crash in Turkey

Two hot air balloons collided, in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, on Monday.

One of the balloons came crashing down, killing three and injuring twenty.

From collision to crash took less than a minute, according to witnesses.

More than one hundred balloons were in the air at the time of the collision, leaving authorities investigating if there were too many up at once.

All three of those killed were tourists from Brazil.

Car Bombs Leave 4 Dead 40 Wounded in Dagestan

Two car bombs went off in the Dagestan province of Russia, on Monday.

They left four people dead and forty wounded.

The two explosions happened within minutes of each other, near government buildings in Makhachkala.

Authorities believe they were detonated by remote control.

Over the last year, more than four hundred people have been killed by violence in Dagestan.

Iraq Violence Leaves Another 70 Dead

At least seventy people were killed on Monday, throughout Iraq.

Car and suicide bombers focused on Shiites and police, yet again.

No one is claiming responsibility for the attacks, but it is thought to be the work of Al Qaeda and other Sunni terrorist groups.

Monday's violence brings the death toll over two hundred, since Wednesday.

Fears are increasing that the continued sectarian violence will destabilize the country until another civil war is fought.

51 Dead in Oklahoma After Tornado Goes Through Moore

At least fifty-one people are dead after a very large tornado hit the town of Moore, Oklahoma.

The twister was on the ground for forty minutes, leaving a trail of destruction a mile wide and eleven miles long, through the town.

It had winds around two hundred miles per hour, putting at a category four.

Two elementary schools, a hospital, and several hundred homes were damaged, destroyed, or demolished.

Moore Medical Center (photo by Patrick Cornell)

Twenty of the dead were children at Plaza Towers Elementary School.

Some one hundred and twenty people, including seventy children, have been hospitalized due to their injuries and dozens are still missing.

The National Guard is present, in the area.

It was the second day in a row that the Oklahoma City area had dealt with a deadly tornado.

On Sunday, two were killed when Shawnee took a hit from one.

Throughout both days Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas have dealt with over one hundred tornadoes.

No deaths, injuries, or serious damages have been reported from the other effected areas.

Storms capable of creating more tornadoes will be continuing at least through Tuesday.