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Displaced. ≈300,000. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to ...
A huge explosion rocked Beirut, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky.
Orient Queen was a former cruise ship built in 1989 for the company Mar Lines by the Unión Naval de Levante [] shipyard in Valencia, Spain. [1] On 4 August 2020, the ship was badly damaged by an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, near where she was berthed, and subsequently capsized.
For many, the explosions also brought back painful memories of the deadly 2020 explosion at the Beirut port, when chemicals stored in a warehouse accidentally exploded, killing more than 200 ...
On 14 April 2022, the Lebanese government ordered the demolition of Beirut’s grain silos, which are at risk of collapse after the 2020 port explosion. [11] On 31 July and 4 August 2022, exactly 2 years after the explosion, the northern parts of the existing grain silos fell down.
The Aug. 4, 2020, explosion at Beirut’s port killed more than 200 people, injured and displaced thousands and devastated entire neighborhoods of the city. Since then, an investigation into the ...
Beirut Arab University. Occupation. Doctor. Spouse. Ahmad Sbeih (m. 2020) Israa Al Seblani (born 1991) is a Lebanese-American physician and endocrinologist. She is a survivor of the 2020 Beirut explosion that occurred on 4 August 2020. Later that month, a video went viral of Seblani having her bridal portraits taken when the explosion occurred.
August 4 – 2020 Beirut explosions - An explosion in the Port of Beirut kills 203 people. [11] August 5 – The government declares a two-week state of emergency following the explosions. [12] August 9 – Protesters in Lebanon called on the government to end the neglect that caused the 4 August explosion. [13]