Massive Explosion In Beirut -- News Roundup August 5, 2020

Daily Mail: At least 70 are killed and thousands hurt as fire at Beirut port detonates warehouse where 2,700 TONS of highly explosive chemical 'seized from a ship' were being stored sparking explosion the size of a small nuclear bomb

* WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The country's health minster said the blast has left more than 3,700 injured
* Dramatic footage shows smoke billowing from the port area shortly before an enormous fireball explodes
* Lebanon's interior minister said ammonium nitrate had been stored in warehouses at the port since 2014
* Blast was equivalent to around 3 kilotons of TNT, 20% the size of the nuclear bomb that destroyed Hiroshima
* The explosion rattled shutters on homes in Larnaca, the capital of Cyprus, 125 miles across the Mediterranean
* It obliterated the immediate surrounding buildings, where firefighters were still battling flames overnight

A devastating blast at the port in Beirut last night killed at least 78 people, injured thousands more and laid waste to a large part of the Lebanese capital.

More than 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate, the main ingredient in fertilizer bombs, detonated when a fire spread to the warehouse where it had been stored for six years.

Apocalyptic scenes saw a thick red-orange mushroom cloud envelop streets surrounding the port, where buildings burned and emergency crews frantically searched the rubble for survivors.

Read more ....

Massive Explosion In Beirut -- News Roundup August 5, 2020

Beirut explosion: at least 78 dead and 4,000 wounded, says Lebanon health ministry – live updates -- The Guardian
Lebanon eyes state of emergency after deadly Beirut blast: Live -- Al Jazeera
Dozens killed, thousands wounded in Beirut explosion: Live -- Al Jazeera
Lebanon explosion rocks capital city Beirut: Live updates -- CNN


Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands -- AP
Toll expected to rise in blast that shook Beirut, killing 78 and injuring thousands -- Reuters
Beirut's day of destruction: Explosion lays waste to Lebanese capital as buildings are reduced to rubble and even homes miles away take damage -- Daily Mail
Lebanon: at least 78 killed as huge explosion rocks Beirut -- The Guardian
Massive explosion rocks Lebanon's capital Beirut, killing 78, and at least one Australian -- ABC News Online
Powerful explosion rocks Lebanon's capital Beirut, dozens killed, thousands injured -- DW
UNIFIL ship docked in Beirut port was damaged and naval peacekeepers were injured -- Reuters
Australian embassy 'considerably' damaged in Beirut blast, one Australian killed -- ABC News Online
Lebanon's president calls for two-week state of emergency in Beirut after blast -- Reuters
Lebanon defense council recommends military oversee security in 'disaster-stricken' Beirut -- Reuters
Lebanon's Hezbollah calls for national unity in face of catastrophe after blast -- Reuters
Beirut blast: Lebanon in mourning after massive explosion -- BBC
Beirut blast: Eyewitnesses describe the power of the explosion -- BBC
Beirut Blast: 'I can’t find the words to describe it' -- DW
'We're cursed': shock and despair in Beirut as explosion devastates city -- The Guardian
Condolences pour in for Lebanon after Beirut blast -- DW
Erdogan spoke with Lebanon's Aoun, offered Turkish aid after explosion -- Reuters
Pompeo says US ready to assist Beirut after deadly explosion -- The Hill
EU countries offer support after Beirut blast -- Politico
Offers of assistance pour in for Lebanon after deadly Beirut explosions -- France 24
Beirut explosion: World reacts to deadly blast in Lebanon capital -- Al Jazeera
Timeline of blasts in Lebanon -- Reuters