Wednesday, May 29, 2013

I70 in Colorado Closed by Boulders

Interstate 70 was closed for part of Wednesday after a rockslide.

Boulders as big as ten feet across crashed onto both sides of the roadway.

It happened about twenty miles east of Grand Junction.

Due to the location of roads, detours were nearly one hundred miles long.

Workers eventually used explosives to decrease the size of the largest boulders and then hauled them all away.

4 Tornadoes Hit US on Tuesday

Four tornadoes hit in three US states, during Tuesday.

Bennington and Corning, Kansas; Flint, Michigan; and Erie, Pennsylvania each had a visit from a twister.

The Bennington tornado stayed on the ground for over an hour, but caused very little damage.

Corning's tornado was the most costly, with eight buildings damaged or destroyed, as winds raged with speeds up to one hundred and fifty-miles per hour.

A mobile home was destroyed outside of Erie, while a high school in Flint received some slight damage.

No injuries were reported due to any of the tornadoes.

Storms capable of producing more will be around throughout Wednesday.

Suicide Bombers Target Red Cross in Afghanistan

Three suicide bombers attacked the Red Cross headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Wednesday's attack was the first ever aimed at the agency, in the country.

Even the Taliban has praised the aid group's contributions, in the past.

One guard was killed and another guard and one red cross worker were injured.

Two of the attackers were killed by guards, before they could blow their vests.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.