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Meteor clean-up operation

Russian authorities have reportedly sent a 20,000-strong team to the Ural Mountains to help with the rescue and clean-up operation after a meteor struck the area.

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Space rock fell with the power of an atomic bomb

Huge chunks of space rock crashed to earth after a meteor exploded in the skies over Russia, with the power of an atomic bomb.

It was travelling so fast it created a sonic boom that shattered thousands of windows which, in turn, injured more than seven hundred people around the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.

ITV News correspondent Paul Davies reports:

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