Sixteen dead after Tennessee plant explosion, sheriff says

Investigators do not expect to find any survivors after an explosives plant in rural Tennessee blew up Friday morning, leaving more than a dozen people unaccounted for as of Saturday. “Anyone that ...

Eighteen missing after explosion at Tennessee explosives plant

Cynthia Abrams with NPR Member station WPLN reports from Humphreys County, where officials say at least 18 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a military explosives plant.
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Sheltering miles from a nuclear blast may not be enough to survive unless you know where to hide, new calculations show

Sturdy concrete buildings far enough away from the nuclear blast are your best bet for survival beyond an underground bunker.Mirifada / Getty Images Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion about 37 ...
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Shockwave from China blast sends victim flying, lucky to survive

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The massive force of the shockwave from the blast in the Chinese port city of Tianjin hurled Hua Hongwei a few metres, and then pinned him to the ground. The factory worker ...
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Webb sees shockwave continuing hundreds of years after supernova blast

Some 350 years after a supernova, its shockwave reaches interstellar space and causes clouds of gas and dust to glow. Scientists have probed the remains of a star that died in a violent supernova and ...
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"BLAST!" frees musicians from the orchestra pit

MASON CITY — The idea of marching band took a theatrical twist during the musical extravaganza "BLAST! II Shockwave," which made a stop at the North Iowa Community Auditorium on Tuesday night as part ...