Beirut blast: People look for missing relatives; world offers aid to Lebanon

Video Credit: HT Digital Content - Duration: 03:05s - Published 30 minutes ago

Beirut blast: People look for missing relatives; world offers aid to Lebanon

Lebanon's Beirut reels from a huge blast that killed at least 100.

The powerful explosion also wounded more than 4,000 people.

The blast was the most powerful ever to rip through Beirut.

Intensity of the blast threw victims into the sea where rescue teams tried to recover bodies.

Many of those killed were port and custom employees and people working in the area.

Victims also included people who were driving through during the Tuesday evening rush hour.

People gathered at the cordon to Beirut port seeking information on missing relatives.

Officials said that the death toll was expected to rise.

The blast took place at a port's warehouses that stored highly explosive material.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, used in fertilisers and bombs, had been stored for six years without safety measures.

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab pledged to take action against those responsible.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would fly to the shattered Lebanese capital.

Other countries have also been sending emergency aid, search and rescue teams. Initial probe has indicated years of inaction and negligence over storage of explosive material.

However, it's still unclear what caused the blast, which appeared to have been triggered by a fire.

0 shares

💡 newsR Knowledge: Other News Mentions

Beirut Capital and chief port of Lebanon

At Least 100 Killed Beirut

Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 03:05Published on January 1, 1970

Beirut explosion: Macron to visit Lebanon as countries offer help to devastated city [Video]

Beirut explosion: Macron to visit Lebanon as countries offer help to devastated city

Lebanon has received offers of help from abroad after the Beirut port blast amid fears over health, food security and the country's already-shattered economy.View on euronews

Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:25Published on January 1, 1970

Beirut port blast: Countries offer help for Lebanon's devastated capital [Video]

Beirut port blast: Countries offer help for Lebanon's devastated capital

Lebanon has received offers of help from abroad after the Beirut port blast amid fears over health, food security and the country's already-shattered economy.

Credit: Euronews English Duration: 01:24Published on January 1, 1970

Lebanon Country in the Middle East

Cataclysmic explosion sows devastation in Lebanese capital [Video]

Cataclysmic explosion sows devastation in Lebanese capital

The blast appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse.View on euronews

Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published on January 1, 1970

Beirut Blast: Aerial Footage Shows Scale of Destruction [Video]

Beirut Blast: Aerial Footage Shows Scale of Destruction

Aerial footage shows the devastating impact of a massive explosion that killed at least 100 people in Lebanon’s capital Beirut. Officials said the huge blast, caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, also injured more than 4,000. It has emerged that the chemical was stored unsafely in a warehouse near the city’s port, where the explosion occurred. Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab has said that “those responsible will pay the price for this disaster.” Authorities are still struggling to establish the full scale of the damage, as rescue efforts continue. Report by Avagninag. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Credit: ODN Duration: 02:40Published on January 1, 1970

Emmanuel Macron 25th President of the French Republic

EU agrees 'historic' recovery deal [Video]

EU agrees 'historic' recovery deal

European Union leaders reached a deal on Tuesday on a package of measures to boost their economies after the coronavirus pandemic, agreeing to borrow and spend hundreds of billions of euros in the next few years and pay them back from new taxes. Francis Maguire reports.

Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:04Published on January 1, 1970

France marks Bastille Day with scaled-down military parade [Video]

France marks Bastille Day with scaled-down military parade

Macron dedicated day to essential workers who 'enabled public, social and economic life to continue' during pandemic.

Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:23Published on January 1, 1970

Macron's new government: Five things to look out for in France in 2020 [Video]

Macron's new government: Five things to look out for in France in 2020

Macron's new government: Five things to look out for in France in 2020

Credit: Euronews English Duration: 02:39Published on January 1, 1970

Michel Aoun Lebanese politician

Lebanon president warns of deep political divisions [Video]

Lebanon president warns of deep political divisions

Michel Aoun was addressing the nation over the prolonged economic crisis, but the opposition boycotted the meeting.

Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:35Published on January 1, 1970

Hassan Diab Current Prime Minister of Lebanon

Those responsible for Beirut 'catastrophe' will 'pay price': PM [Video]

Those responsible for Beirut 'catastrophe' will 'pay price': PM

Hassan Diab also appeals for international assistance to help Lebanon, which is already mired in major economic crisis.

Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:31Published on January 1, 1970

Protests rock Lebanon as currency collapses [Video]

Protests rock Lebanon as currency collapses

Hassan Diab's government is facing growing calls to resign after the currency lost 25 percent of its value in two days.

Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:38Published on January 1, 1970

Tweets about this

SilverBullet♐ RT @rapplerdotcom: “Let us pray for the victims of the explosions in Beirut and for their families” LOOK: Pope Francis urges everyone to p… 8 minutes ago

zaki🇮🇶Yazidi🇮🇶 RT @GebeilyM: #LEBANON: "A massacre. I saw people screaming, covered in blood, homes broken, glass shattered, roads that look like Hiroshim… 20 minutes ago

Shart Farmer Can’t believe people thought the blast in Beirut it was a nuke. If you want to see the destruction of a real nuclea… https://t.co/K2R3sEyhQF 1 hour ago