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Meteor
shower causes panic
Police departments across New
England were flooded with frantic phone calls the last weekend in
April, as people witnessed what many thought was an airplane
crashing out of the sky. From Portland, Maine, to Long Island, the
bright lights from the Lyrid meteor shower prompted the 911 calls.
The bright green lights, which were highly visible when the meteors
burned up in the atmosphere, gave the illusion of an aircraft that
had exploded. In Branford, Conn., firefighters responded to several
reports of a possible plane crash in Long Island Sound in the
Thimble Island area. The search was called off after several hours,
after the cause of the streaking lights was determined.
Hailstorm
dents Denver
Severe thunderstorms dropped hail of
various sizes across large sections of Colorado April 20. In Denver,
sheets of hail fell in the downtown area, sending pedestrians
scrambling for cover and setting off hundreds of car alarms. More
than a dozen flights were diverted from Denver International Airport
because of the storms. In the northeast corner of the state,
grapefruit-sized hail shattered windshields in Washington County.
Golf-ball-sized stones were reported in Arapahoe and Adams counties.
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 Rogue
snowstorm hits Alaska
After a period of warmer-than-usual
weather prompted residents to remove snow tires and put away snow
shovels, an unexpectedly strong snowstorm struck interior sections
of Alaska April 19. More than 18 inches fell along the Richardson
Highway between Donnelly Dome and Summit Lake. In Fairbanks, 3 to 6
inches accumulated, causing dozens of traffic accidents.
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