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  2. Flash blindness - Wikipedia

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    The bright initial flash of a nuclear weapon is the first indication of a nuclear explosion, traveling faster than the blast wave or sound wave. [6] "A 1-megaton explosion can cause flash blindness at distances as great as 13 miles (21 km) on a clear day, or 53 miles (85 km) on a clear night.

  3. Explosion - Wikipedia

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    Explosion of unserviceable ammunition and other military items The explosion of the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb. An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Explosions may also be ...

  4. If a nuclear weapon is about to explode, here's what a ... - AOL

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    If you happen to be driving at speed on the roadways, and you and all the other drivers around you are suddenly blind, I think that would probably result in crashes and injuries and road blockages ...

  5. Blast injury - Wikipedia

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    A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. [1] Blast injuries occur with the detonation of high-order explosives as well as the deflagration of low order explosives. These injuries are compounded when the explosion occurs in a confined space.

  6. Implosion (mechanical process) - Wikipedia

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    The opposite of explosion (which expands the volume), implosion reduces the volume occupied and concentrates matter and energy. Implosion involves a difference between internal (lower) and external (higher) pressure, or inward and outward forces, that is so large that the structure collapses inward into itself, or into the space it occupied if ...

  7. M-80 (explosive) - Wikipedia

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    On July 8, 1976, during the Richmond Coliseum KISS concert, a fan threw an M-80 onto the stage, leaving drummer Peter Criss with partial hearing loss for the remainder of the night. [ 14 ] On October 9, 1977, during an Aerosmith concert in Philadelphia's Spectrum , a fan threw an M-80 firework that injured singer Steven Tyler 's cornea, and ...

  8. Explosion in Levittown leaves family of five homeless. What ...

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    Middletown police and fire officials are investigating an explosion and fire in the Snowball Gate section of Levittown on Saturday night that has left a family of five homeless.. The Bucks County ...

  9. What we know about the deadly factory explosion in Louisville ...

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    The explosion happened around 3 p.m. and was felt miles away in Jeffersonville, Indiana, according to WLKY. It was extremely loud and blew out the windows of several nearby businesses.