A Year since the Port Blast in Numbers
Lebanon on Wednesday marks a year since a fire at Beirut's port led to the country's worst peacetime disaster and precipitated its decline.
The August 4, 2020 blast and its aftermath in numbers:
214: people killed
6,500: people injured
300,000: people left homeless immediately after the explosion
70,000: people who lost their jobs due to the blast
73,000: damaged apartments
9,200: damaged buildings
163: damaged schools and educational centers
106: damaged health care facilities, including six hospitals and 20 clinics
2,750: tons of ammonium nitrate initially stored at the port
6: years it was stored in the warehouse that blew up
3.3 to 4.5: estimated magnitude of equivalent earthquake
200: kilometers to Cyprus, where a shock wave was felt
5: days the government said it would take for initial findings
0: people sentenced over the blast
6: days after blast the government resigned
359: days Lebanon has been without a government since
(Sources: AFP, UN, Beirut governor, USGS, NNA)
01 August 2021, 12:04
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Aoun assured the people the investigation will be completed in 5 days!
01 August 2021, 13:23
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How stupid could one be in believing that the blast was due to some sort of negligence. The Nitrates were brought and entered to the port through Huzbullah, a devilish group in Lebanon sucking the country dry and changing its semantics with the aid of Aoun, who should be tried for treason. Anyhow, this old man has days to live and will soon die from old age. This day should be assigned as a day of freeing Lebanon from the clutches of Evil. After this day, Lebanon should no more be on religious discrimination for taking a public position, which has been the case until now, owing to the Maronites sucking dry this country's unity. These Maronites are the cancer of this country, and most of them, through their actions, represent more the devil than Jesus, topping them their leader Al Rahi, who speaks nicely, but his action emanates from the devil.
