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On 4 August 2020, two explosions happened in the city of [[Beirut]], the capital of [[Lebanon]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Massive explosion shakes Lebanese capital, buildings near Beirut port reportedly damaged|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanese-capital-buildings-near-beirut-port-damaged-1.9046138|accessdate=4 August 2020|date=4 August 2020|last1=Khoury|first1=Jack|last2=Landou|first2=Noa|website=Haaretz|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 August 2020|title=Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Massive-explosion-shakes-Lebanon-s-capital-Beirut-15457414.php|access-date=4 August 2020|website=San Francisco Chronicle|last1=Mroue|first1=Bassem|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Hubbard|first=Ben|date=4 August 2020|title=Explosions Rock East Beirut|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-blast.html|access-date=4 August 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
On 4 August 2020, two explosions happened in the city of [[Beirut]], the capital of [[Lebanon]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Massive explosion shakes Lebanese capital, buildings near Beirut port reportedly damaged|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanese-capital-buildings-near-beirut-port-damaged-1.9046138|accessdate=4 August 2020|date=4 August 2020|last1=Khoury|first1=Jack|last2=Landou|first2=Noa|website=Haaretz|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 August 2020|title=Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Massive-explosion-shakes-Lebanon-s-capital-Beirut-15457414.php|access-date=4 August 2020|website=San Francisco Chronicle|last1=Mroue|first1=Bassem|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Hubbard|first=Ben|date=4 August 2020|title=Explosions Rock East Beirut|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-blast.html|access-date=4 August 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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The blasts happened at the [[Port of Beirut]] and left at least |
The blasts happened at the [[Port of Beirut]] and left at least 135 people dead (with the total expected to go higher), at least 5,000 injured, and many more missing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2020/Aug-05/509878-lebanon-mourns-beirut-blast-toll-expected-to-rise.ashx|title=Beirut blast death toll hits 100 as Lebanon mourns |website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref><ref name=guardian-count>{{Cite news|title=Lebanon: at least 78 killed as huge explosion rocks Beirut|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/huge-explosion-beirut-lebanon-shatters-windows-rocks-buildings|last=Chulov|first=Martin|date=4 August 2020|access-date=4 August 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|last2=Safi|first2=Michael}}</ref><ref name="guardian.live.2020.08.04">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/04/beirut-explosion-huge-blast-port-lebanon-capital|title=Beirut explosion: dead and wounded among 'hundreds of casualties', says Lebanon Red Cross – live updates|first1=Oliver|last1=Holmes|first2=Peter|last2=Beaumont|first3=Michael|last3=Safi|first4=Martin|last4=Chulov|date=4 August 2020|website=The Guardian|accessdate=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="jazeera.live.2020.08.04">{{Cite web|last=Gadzo|first=Mersiha|title=Dozens killed, thousands wounded in Beirut blast: Live updates|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-live-updates-200804163620414.html|access-date=4 August 2020|date=4 August 2020|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The city governor of Beirut, [[Marwan Abboud]], said over 300,000 people lost their homes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/lebanon-eyes-state-emergency-deadly-beirut-blast-live-200804234925493.html|title=Beirut explosion death toll rises to 135 as 5,000 wounded: Live|last=Najjar|first=Ted Regencia, Linah Alsaafin, Farah|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2020-08-06}}</ref> |
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It is said that the explosions may have been caused by 2,750 tonnes of [[ammonium nitrate]] that had been taken by the government from the [[MV Rhosus]] and stored in the port without safety measures for the past six years. |
It is said that the explosions may have been caused by 2,750 tonnes of [[ammonium nitrate]] that had been taken by the government from the [[MV Rhosus]] and stored in the port without safety measures for the past six years. |
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Revision as of 00:54, 6 August 2020
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33°54′04″N 35°31′05″E / 33.9010°N 35.5181°E
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| Date | 4 August 2020 |
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| Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Coordinates | 33°54′10.62″N 35°31′4.04″E / 33.9029500°N 35.5177889°E |
| Deaths | 135+ |
| Non-fatal injuries | 5,000+ |
| Missing | 80+ |
| Property damage | $10-15 Billion |
On 4 August 2020, two explosions happened in the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.[1][2][3]
The blasts happened at the Port of Beirut and left at least 135 people dead (with the total expected to go higher), at least 5,000 injured, and many more missing.[4][5][6][7][8] The city governor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, said over 300,000 people lost their homes.[8]
It is said that the explosions may have been caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been taken by the government from the MV Rhosus and stored in the port without safety measures for the past six years.
The explosion has been compared to have been like three thousand tonnes of TNT.[9][10]
Some countries have offered medical aid and rescue teams to help with the disaster.
References
- ↑ Khoury, Jack; Landou, Noa (4 August 2020). "Massive explosion shakes Lebanese capital, buildings near Beirut port reportedly damaged". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ Mroue, Bassem (4 August 2020). "Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ Hubbard, Ben (4 August 2020). "Explosions Rock East Beirut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ "Beirut blast death toll hits 100 as Lebanon mourns". www.dailystar.com.lb.
- ↑ Chulov, Martin; Safi, Michael (4 August 2020). "Lebanon: at least 78 killed as huge explosion rocks Beirut". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ Holmes, Oliver; Beaumont, Peter; Safi, Michael; Chulov, Martin (4 August 2020). "Beirut explosion: dead and wounded among 'hundreds of casualties', says Lebanon Red Cross – live updates". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ Gadzo, Mersiha (4 August 2020). "Dozens killed, thousands wounded in Beirut blast: Live updates". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Najjar, Ted Regencia, Linah Alsaafin, Farah. "Beirut explosion death toll rises to 135 as 5,000 wounded: Live". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Horton, Alex (4 August 2020). "Here's what the videos of the Beirut blast tell us about the explosion". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ↑ "Using dimensional analysis I estimate that the energy contained in the awful #Beirut explosion was approximately 12 Terajoules".
