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Photos: Explosion At Cuajimalpa Maternal Hospital

Rescue workers form a human chain, passing buckets of rubble, as they clear the wreckage of a children’s hospital, caused by a gas tank truck explosion in Cuajimalpa on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The powerful explosion shattered the hospital on the western edge of Mexico’s capital, killing at least two and injuring dozens. (AP Photo)
A gas tank trunk explosion in front of a hospital in Mexico City on Thursday morning shattered the hospital, killing seven people, including four babies and injuring dozens.
More than 100 people were inside the Cuajimalpa Maternal Hospital when the blast occurred at about 7 a.m.
The explosion was caused by a truck which was supplying gas to the hospital when apparently a hose burst and the resulting leak caused an explosion.
- MEXICO Ciudad De MÉXico, Jan. 29, 2015 Smoke rises from the site where a tanker truck that was supplying gas in front of a hospital exploded, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Jan. 29, 2015. Seven people were killed, including four babies, and at least 54 others injured Thursday morning in a powerful gas tank truck explosion outside a maternity and children’s hospital in Mexico City, local government said. (Credit Image: ? Notimex/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire)
- Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images
- Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images
- Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images
- Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images
- Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images
Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Hits Mexico, Guatemala

A damaged house is pictured in the San Marcos region, in the northwest of Guatemala, in this July 7, 2014 handout picture by Guatemala’s municipal fire department. A strong earthquake shook the Guatemalan border with Mexico on Monday, killing at least four people, damaging dozens of buildings and triggering landslides. The 6.9 magnitude quake struck near the frontier, and much of the damage was reported in the Guatemalan border region of San Marcos, where it downed power lines, opened cracks in buildings and triggered landslides which blocked roads. (REUTERS/Municipal fire department/Handout via Reuters)
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday, killing at least three people and damaging dozens of homes.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6:23 a.m. (7:23 a.m. EDT; 11:23 GMT) on the Pacific Coast 1 mile (2 kilometers) north-northeast of Puerto Madero, near the Guatemala border. It initially calculated the magnitude at 7.1 but later lowered the figure to 6.9. (AP)
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- Municipal firefighters stand outside a damaged building in the San Marcos region, in the northwest of Guatemala, in this July 7, 2014 handout picture by Guatemala’s municipal fire department. A strong earthquake shook the Guatemalan border with Mexico on Monday, killing at least four people, damaging dozens of buildings and triggering landslides. The 6.9 magnitude quake struck near the frontier, and much of the damage was reported in the Guatemalan border region of San Marcos, where it downed power lines, opened cracks in buildings and triggered landslides which blocked roads. (REUTERS/Municipal fire department/Handout via Reuters)
- In this photo released by Bomberos Departamentales, or regional firefighters, firefighters check a home that collapsed during an earthquake in San Pedro, Guatemala, Monday, July 7, 2014. A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday. (AP Photo/Bomberos Departamentales)
- Emergency workers on the scene of the earthquake damage in Guatemala. (BMunicipalesDeptales via Twitter @CBMDEPTAL)
- Residents clean up debris at a restaurant damaged by an earthquake in the town of Huixtla, Mexican state of Chiapas July 7, 2014. A strong earthquake shook the Guatemalan border with Mexico on Monday, killing at least four people, damaging dozens of buildings and triggering landslides. The 6.9 magnitude quake struck near the frontier, and much of the damage was reported in the Guatemalan border region of San Marcos, where it downed power lines, opened cracks in buildings and triggered landslides which blocked roads. (REUTERS/Juan Manuel Blanco)
- A crack on the floor is seen after an earthquake in the town of Huixtla, Mexican state of Chiapas July 7, 2014. A strong earthquake shook the Guatemalan border with Mexico on Monday, killing at least four people, damaging dozens of buildings and triggering landslides. The 6.9 magnitude quake struck near the frontier, and much of the damage was reported in the Guatemalan border region of San Marcos, where it downed power lines, opened cracks in buildings and triggered landslides which blocked roads. (REUTERS/Juan Manuel Blanco)
- Residents stand next a building damaged by an earthquake in the town of Huixtla, Mexican state of Chiapas July 7, 2014. A strong earthquake shook the Guatemalan border with Mexico on Monday, killing at least four people, damaging dozens of buildings and triggering landslides. The 6.9 magnitude quake struck near the frontier, and much of the damage was reported in the Guatemalan border region of San Marcos, where it downed power lines, opened cracks in buildings and triggered landslides which blocked roads. (REUTERS/Juan Manuel Blanco)
Photos: Flooded Mexico, 47 Killed
47 people were killed after two tropical storms hit the opposite coasts of Mexico.
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A huge number of buildings, houses, roads, highways and bridges were damaged.
In Acapulco, at least 40,000 tourists, mainly Mexican were stranded.
Acapulco was cut off from road transport after heavy rains due to Tropical Storm Manuel caused at least 13 landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges.
Federal officials said it could take at least another day to open the main highway to Acapulco.
The situation was far more serious in the city’s low-income neighbourhoods where rain water flowed from the nearby steep hills into the neighbourhoods causing flood and landslides.
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- People stand next to a damaged home after a landslide caused by heavy rains in a low income neighbourhood in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Sept. 16, 2013. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzales)
- A building is engulfed in rocks and mud triggered by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Manuel on the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico, Monday Sept. 16, 2013. (Image: AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)
- Mud and rubble cover vehicles and homes were swept away after a landslide caused by heavy rains came down on a low income neighbourhood in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Sept. 16, 2013. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzales)
- Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
- Floodwaters race down a street after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
- Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
- Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
- Teenagers stand near a broken bridge due to heavy rains caused by two storms battering the country, in El Infiernillo, Michoacan state, Mexico. (Image: Agencia Quadratin/AFP/Getty Images)
- A young man carrying a stolen computer wades through a flooded street in Acapulco, Mexico. (Image: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
- A car floats in a flooded street in Acapulco, Mexico, after heavy rains hit the area on September 16, 2013. (Image: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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21 Killed By Tropical Storm Manuel And Hurricane Ingrid
Two Major Storms Hit Mexico, 41 Killed
Rain water pours into the beach due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

Tropical Depression Ingrid hit Mexico’s northern Gulf coast, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel hit the Mexico’s Pacific coast, causing some of the worst flooding in decades.
The storms have affected two-thirds of the entire country brought very strong winds, heavy rains that caused flash floods and landslides.
Buildings were damaged, roads were washed out
At least 41 people were killed in the states of Veracruz, Guerrero, Puebla, Hidalgo, Michoacan and Oaxaca by the flooding and landslides.
Acapulco was hardest hit where at least 21 people were killed as buildings collapsed and roads were transformed into raging rivers.
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- Members of the Mexican Navy secure a flooded area in Acapulco to prevent theft and robbery. AFP
- Rain water pours into the beach due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)
- Tropical Storm Manuel edged onto Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid swirled offshore on the other side of the country, as heavy rains and landslides caused at least 13 deaths and led authorities to evacuate thousands. (Sept. 15)
- Soldiers search for survivors after a bus and two nearby houses were buried by a mountain landslide in Altotonga in Veracruz state, along Mexico’s Gulf coast, September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Oscar Martinez
- Soldiers and police work around the wreckage of a bus after it was buried by a mountain landslide at Altotonga in Veracruz state, along Mexico’s Gulf coast, September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Oscar Martinez
- Soldiers lift a portion of a bus out of the mud after it was buried by a mountain landslide in Altotonga in Veracruz state, along Mexico’s Gulf coast, September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Oscar Martinez
- People stand in a house flooded by mud after a mountain landslide in Altotonga in Veracruz state, along Mexico’s Gulf coast, September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Oscar Martinez
- Soldiers stand on the remains of a bus after it was buried by a mountain landslide in Altotonga in Veracruz state, along Mexico’s Gulf coast, September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Oscar Martinez
- Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean region are pictured in this September 16, 2013 NASA satellite handout photo, which shows the remains of Tropical Storm Ingrid on the east coast of Mexico. REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters
21 Killed By Tropical Storm Manuel And Hurricane Ingrid
A car lies on its side after a portion of a hill collapsed due to heavy rains in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

At least 21 people were killed in Mexico after a hurricane and a tropical storm strikes the opposite sides of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific.
Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico’s southwestern Pacific shoulder Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid closed in on the country’s Gulf coast, causing heavy rains and landslides.
Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said 14 people died in Guerrero, three in Hidalgo, three in Puebla and one in Oaxaca due to the disaster.
Tropical Storm Manuel, with a maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph (55 kph) was moving to the northwest at 8 mph (13 kph) late Sunday, 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Manzanillo.
Manuel was expected to bring 10 to 15 inches of rain over parts of Guerrero and Michoacan state, with maximums of 25 inches in some isolated areas.
Meanwhile Hurricane Ingrid had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) late Sunday and was centered about 110 miles (175 kilometers) northeast of the port city of Tampico as it moved west-northwest at 6 mph (9 kph).
It is expected to make a landfall by Monday morning, most likely along Tamaulipas state’s lightly populated coast north of Tampico.
Anyway, the storm system from the outer bands of Ingrid was already dumping heavy rains in parts of Mexico.
A hurricane warning was in effect from Cabo Rojo to La Pesca.
The hurricane can bring dangerous storm surge, destructive waves and heavy rains that can cause flash floods and landslides.
Yahoo! News said that more than 1,000 homes in Veracruz state had been affected by the storm to varying degrees and 20 highways and 12 bridges were damaged by the disaster.
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- This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds from Hurricane Ingrid as it moves westward into central Mexico. A stationary front over the northern Bahamas brings rain showers and thunderstorms.(AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
- Waves flood a beach in Acapulco September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jacobo Garcia
- Army soldiers and a civilian look out into a flooded street caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
- A car lies on its side after a portion of a hill collapsed due to heavy rains in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)
- Flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Manuel enter a neighborhood in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
- Rain water pours into the beach due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)
- Army soldiers work to try to get their vehicle out of a flooded portion of a road caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
Beautiful Sights On This Incredible Planet From CNN
Our planet Earth is very beautiful.
There are so many beautiful places for us to visit and enjoy their beauty.
But these places will be gone if we do not take care of our planet and if there are wars around the world.
Let us take good care of our planet and please stop the wars.
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Amazing Photos Of Underwater Phenomenon By Octavio Aburto

These amazing photos of a school of fish known as bigeye trevallies, were snapped by a Californian photographer and conservationist, Octavio Aburto at the Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico.
School of fish means a group of fish swimming together.
In one of the photos below, the fishes looked somehow as if they are posing to the camera with cute wide-eyes.
I love watching how animals act and I always wonder what do they do when people are not around them.
Some animals like penguins are shy that humans used fake penguins with a spy cameras to study their behaviour. (Please click here for : ‘Cute Robotic Penguins Spies’)
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- PIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED The fish gather together to make a huge ball of fish) – Smile – its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico – and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship
- PIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED The swirling fish swim past diver David Castro with his camera) – Smile – its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico – and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship. SEE CATERS COPY
- PIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED A close-up of the fish) – Smile – its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico – and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship.
- PIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED Divers swim beneath the spawning fish) – Smile – its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico – and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship
- PIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED The school of fish) – Smile – its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico – and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship.
- PIC BY OCTAVIO ABURTO / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED Divers swim beneath the spawning fish) – Smile – its the school photo! This is the hilarious moment a marine photographer managed to capture hundreds of wide-eyed fish apparently posing for a picture. Californian photographer and conservationist Octavio Aburto had spent years photographing the school in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico – and had been trying to capture this exact shot for three years. The Bigeye travellies fish gather in their thousands in the oceans during courtship