Lebanese citizens have never felt anything like it, a devastating explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday August 4th, 2020 at 6:07pm.
The blast was felt 150 miles away, shops and homes 6 miles away were damaged, streets were filled with shattered glass, and cars flew off the roads.
At least 154 people were killed and more than 5,000 injured. More than 300,000 people displaced. They described it as an apocalypse and comparing it to the Hiroshima bombing.
Lebanon’s Prime Minister said that an estimated 2,750 tons of the explosive ammonium nitrate had been stored at a warehouse in Beirut for six year. 😫🔫
I’m continuously updating this page with relevant footage, images, and more. Visit back to stay informed.
I’ve collected videos/images from different sources on the tragedy
Starting from the farther away views
Far view of the explosion
Another view from afar
View from within the city
Higher angle (pregnant woman)
View from the sea
A closer view of the blast…
View from a parking lot
Shot from an office
Getting very close!
Close view from balcony
Long version with woman begging to get inside
Very close street view 😱
Ground level nearby
Firefighters at the scene 😞
Felt pretty much everywhere…
Shot while driving
A store that felt the explosion
Mass in progress
During BBC News interview
Bride during her wedding shoot
Another couple getting married
Three kids with house helper
House helper picks up little girl
Woman with two teens
Woman on rail
Security footages
Rare rooftop view of the blast with slow motion capture
Inside a Beirut hospital when the blast hit
The very saddening aftermath 😥
Multiple bodies were found in the waters, under the crumbles and many still unaccounted for. It got much more difficult to search at night because there is no electricity. They’re facing a real catastrophe and need time to assess the extent of damages.
Hospitals are asking for blood donors, hotels and citizens are offering their homes for anyone that can’t find shelter.
Shop owners can’t leave their windowless stores afraid of theft. Kids got separated from their parents, and the list goes on.
Drone footage of the city
Street views
Building floor condition
⚠️ Warning: Graphic Content
Adidas store ⚠️ graphic
Unfortunately our apartment in Beirut was very close to the blast
Our apartment got hit pretty hard: windows shattered, window frames flew off the walls, and the furniture was all over the place. It’s devastating 😞
My heart is broken, my mother had to get stitched up at a hospital far from the capital (she’s ok now), all those people have fallen into deep sadness and despair…
Thanks for all the prayers and wishes we have gotten from everyone, we hope with the help of the countries that offered sympathy, we’ll be able to overcome this tragedy in the weeks to come.
Countries around the world showing a sign of solidarity
Anatomy of a lethal explosion — BBC
Must watch 👇 what this country has gone though is unimaginable…
Take Action
- Help locate victims: https://instagram.com/locatevictimsbeirut?igshid=13lm60nza238y
- Lebanese Red Cross donation: http://www.redcross.org.lb/SubPage.aspx?pageid=1370&PID=158
- Impact Lebanon donation: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief
- Life Love Help Lebanon donation: https://livelove.org/helplebanon
- Save the Children donation: https://lebanesefoodbank.org/donate/
- Other donations: https://impact.publicgood.com/campaign/e20043c4-fbac-4b26-bc1f-2cae69337391
- Help families directly: https://www.unitedwehelp961.com/
What an tremendous Tragedy !!!
but very good job Karl, you must have spent a lot of your time, filing all these incidents from all angles & at different locations!!!
Indeed very sad 😞 — yes it did take time, but definitely worth showing the world what this country is enduring…
Professional journalistic work….. Wowww
Great job Karl !!! Thank God we are all ok !! 🙏🏼✝️ It was a feeling like I have never ever experienced in all my life and all. The wars and bombing in Lebanon
Thank you all, and thank God you guys are ok!
It is a big tragedy for Lebanon.. But it is also very moving to see how youngsters react.. Like you having the reflex of documenting and all the others who caught brooms and shovels and voluntered to help in the cleaning. Not being passive. Lebanese ypungsters are keeping the hope alive