Massive blast in Beirut

[Kenai]

Estimate based on scale of the explosion compared to known TNT equivalent ones.

Is an 18t equiv. explosion really enough to blow out windows at 4km? The idea of 'apocalyptic ruin' with buildings losing 'some or all' of their windows that far away seems like a description of something bigger but maybe i'm just that far out of touch with the effects created at those sort of numbers

 

[flea.rider]

Christ that’s some blast, the footage of it is bleak to say the least. Fireworks factory, viable for an explosion that large? Hard to believe but I’m no fireworks expert.

fireworks or munitions you would have had more smaller explosions ..
you can see whats left of the grain silo ..

fire causes first explosion then the dust catches and everything else go's boom ..

 

[Rroff]

Is an 18t equiv. explosion really enough to blow out windows at 4km? The idea of 'apocalyptic ruin' with buildings losing 'some or all' of their windows that far away seems like a description of something bigger but maybe i'm just that far out of touch with the effects created at those sort of numbers

Will depend a lot on what the explosive mixture was and speed of the pressure wave - Tianjin blew out windows at 2km. Looked like this one had a defined supersonic over-pressurization (hence the double boom).

 

[lltfdaniel]

Here is a live link of the place > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfBPgjIWG3I&feature=emb_title

 

[Somnambulist]

Looked like a nuclear bomb with that massive white mushroom.

I almost thought that at first but you’d have got the bright flash beforehand. Insane seeing the pressure wave followed by the delayed sound.

Some of the Twitter accounts showing a lot of bodies in amongst the debris.

 

[Kenai]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1290693535231090688

This would appear to be over a kilometre away, that's crazy

 

[Rroff]

Some of the Twitter accounts showing a lot of bodies in amongst the debris.

Yeah can't link to it here but seen a video with dozens of seriously injured people in a market place type environment - many of them are almost certainly fatally wounded especially without immediate intensive medical care.

 

[Skunkworks]

It looks downright apocalyptic. I wonder how much energy that was.

 

[Azza]

Lebanon is in massive financial crisis too, not how people will be able to restore homes and businesses after this.

 

[lltfdaniel]

It looks downright apocalyptic. I wonder how much energy that was.

No idea but one hell of a blast.

 

[Uther]

That's horrific

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

it was heard as far as Cyprus!

 

[Naff8000]

I can't believe what I'm seeing I've never seen anything like that. It's like a nuke in a city.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Probably a few zeros, sadly.

The aftermath is insane!

https://twitter.com/air_intel/status/1290678776557338626

https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1290681732950372352

Must have been an munitions dump surely? Crazy scenes.

 

[Rincewindle]

Looks like Hezbollah will now have to find a new place to store all the shipments of ''fireworks'' Iran has been sending them.

 

[wedrum]

No dead bodies yet then.

Still why be around there filming just incase another explosion ?

Fathemed

 

[Raymond Lin]

Just saw the 2nd blast, it's HUGE! It's not some grenade, it's like a power plant explosion or missile strike.

 

[CREATIVE!11]

"fireworks"

What's bet munitions were being stored there?

 

[Jokester]

Seems the firework store was next to door to a seized explosives depot.

 

[Lysander]

Seems the firework store was next to door to a seized explosives depot.

A stock of ammonium nitrate, Al Jazeera just said.