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Explosion video here from three points of view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93tV6-0Ugwk
The Guardian updated feed: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/04/beirut-explosion-huge-blast-port-lebanon-capital
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Beirut explosion: more than 50 dead and 2,750 wounded, says Lebanon health ministry – live updates
Interior minister says ammonium nitrate likely caused at least one explosion amid reports hospitals too damaged to treat patients
Full report: huge explosion in Beirut
‘We’re cursed’: shock and despair as explosion devastates city
Beirut explosion – in pictures
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23m ago
16:05
What we know so far
Two huge explosions have rocked Lebanon’s capital city, killing at least 50 people, injuring thousands more, and sending an enormous blast wave across the city that shattered windows, knocked down doors and shook buildings.
The scale of the damage caused by the blast is huge, with buildings miles from the port explosion in ruin.
While the cause is still unconfirmed, Lebanon’s interior minister said stores of ammonium nitrate likely caused the explosion.
Lebanon’s prime minister, Hassan Diab, has suggested a warehouse that authorities claim was the source of the blast had been the subject of warnings going back to 2014. He said he would “reveal facts” about the warehouse soon, but does not want to pre-empt an investigation.
Governments worldwide have offered support, including the UK, France, the US, Canada and Israel.
The blast comes at a terrible time for Lebanon, which is on the brink of financial collapse
Picture source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-live-updates-200804163620414.html
https://twitter.com/tobiaschneider/status/1290703188094529539
Video of aftermath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHutJwAnAZo
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-live-updates-dle-intl/index.html
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38 min ago
Here's what the damage looks like inside Lebanese prime minister's headquarters
From CNN's Samantha Beech
Photos taken from inside the Grand Serail, the government palace and the headquarters of Lebanon’s prime minister, showed some damage inside the building.
The building is about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from the site of the explosion.
The blast also dealt considerable damage to the Baabda Palace, the official residence of the Lebanese president, according to Lebanese state media.
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You can see a lot of small explosions in this video. So they may have had fireworks stored there but not enough to flatten the port.
Yeah that's good footage of the flashes, and the secondary explosion in general.
Any footage of the initial blast? Can't seem to find that but I'd imagine it would be difficult to catch.
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https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-live-updates-dle-intl/index.html
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5 min ago
Beirut explosion generated seismic waves equivalent of a magnitude 3.3 earthquake
From CNN's Paul P. Murphy and Judson Jones
Data collected by the United States Geological Survey shows that the massive explosion in Beirut was so powerful, it created seismic waves equivalent of a magnitude 3.3 earthquake.
However, the magnitude 3.3 equivalent isn't, "directly comparable to an earthquake of similar size."
That's because surface type blasts, like the Beirut explosion, don't produce as large a magnitude as an earthquake of similar energy would according to Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center. Blakeman said most of the energy goes into the air and buildings.
"Not enough of the energy is transmitted into the rocks in the ground," he said.
Meaning, if the explosion had occurred below the surface of the earth, the magnitude would have registered even higher.
Also death toll has risen at the moment to at least 73.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-live-updates-200804163620414.html
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21:11 GMT - 'Unacceptable' that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored without safety measures: President Aoun
In remarks published on the Presidency Twitter account, Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said that it is "unacceptable" that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stored in a warehouse for six years without safety measures and vowed that those responsible would face the "harshest punishments".
21:00 GMT - 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate at Beirut's port when they exploded: Official
General Security Chief Abbas Ibrahim says 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate were in Beirut's port on the way to Africa when they exploded.
Ibrahim made the comments after a meeting of Lebanon's Higher Defense Council, which brings together the president and all major security agencies.
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