Lebanon’s minister of health declared in a press conference that at least 50 people killed were killed and 3,000 injured in the blast that rocked the capital city of Beirut. Richard Engel reports on what is known about the deadly explosion. Aired on 08/04/2020.
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At Least 50 Dead, 3,000 Injured In Beirut Blast | MSNBC
OMG, this is horrible. I can’t believe the amount of suffering this is causing. What is going on in 2020???
from car cam https://youtu.be/rj7zXL4V4PI
God is restoring morality and values in the world. Time to get people come back to God, they have lost the plot, dems as prime example..
@Omar Aguirre-R but not worse than world war 3
@J Groovy
lol the rich have already gotten tge middle class to hate, look down upon the poor decades ago. You’re late and their WRONG!!!
It could have been a lot worse. It wasn’t a fuel bomb or a nuclear device. Lebanon will rebuild with the help of the rest of the world. I would love to see Israel step up and take a major role in helping them rebuild.
It sure looks as though the death toll will be ten times that number.
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The human race is strong. The 3000 injured, were probably near dead, but we dont give up that easily.
Muz Wot some say 50 most say 70 now some say 60 THE MEDIA WAS NEVER A RELIABLE SOURCE US AS THE PEOPLE WENT DOWN THIS LANE B4
@Chris Tee just not appropriate time for cute comments
@T s from my research so far it had been stored illegally in a warehouse for six years. A variety of materials were stored adjacent and shipped but this may have been AMFO (ammonium nitrate mixed w fuel oil & aluminum flake). Very explosive but the orange smoke after is a puzzler. Lots more manifests to look through because AMFO doesn’t detonate dirty so something else blew up or burned w this. May never know if it was set by Mossad or mercenaries. Beruit’s political sustem is a mess of gangs basically each supported by Iran (Hezballah) US, and some unknown supports probably Saudi. It’s a bankrupted country.
This will be the year we shall never forget
guillermo gouldburn I know I looked forward this year, A new decade happy thoughts then BANG, You couldn’t make it up could you really I dread what comes next
In my opinion from the color of the explosion and detonation created a pressure wave best illustrated by a ammonium nitrate or possibly perchlorate or other detonating unstable by products of burning.
It’s only going to get worse. The time to act was 50 years ago. But we did nothing but feed the greed machine. Tough times ahead, get ready.
I thought things were looking up, starting a new job tomorrow. I hope this is not a harbinger of what’s to come.
@Sir. Lancelot no the dems curse there all about destruction
2020 is the freaking worst year ever.
Much love to those injured and the families of those lost. 🙌🙏
https://youtu.be/vrCoN5BwAjUi
what about 1918
@SaveTheTrees I’m a selfish person. I care more about things in my lifetime than 80 years prior. Not that I don’t care about things in the past. Just not as much as things in the present. 😏 😛😝
Pretty sure there has been worse years you melt but yh pretty bad
Imagine how terrifying the nuclear bombs must’ve been….
@cornell … TY. Also, look at the delusion in here. And, those same people ponder why the world is in trouble. EDIT Ponder, is the wrong word for most people in here… wonder.
@netzoned Pointing out facts, instead of ignoring them, may prevent this from happening again. How many people DIED from this? How many more people will die because of the aftermath? Yes, it’s sad that people lost their lives because of this, but ignoring the facts and joking about what happened isn’t going to bring the dead back, or justify why they died for human negligence.
netzoned I’m not in a habit forgetting our past history and the atrocities of some nations and peoples.
@LightxHeaven … You are not in the habit of sticking to the facts at hand. And still, not a single condolence or well wish. Figures.
Been?
Its already so much devastation there already! My heart breaks for the people of Beirut! With corona and the economic devastation. Prayers!
My prayers goes out too.
Once a Mediterranean paradise….. Hard to believe today.
Covid .then trump.now this explosion.bad year a very bad year.
they caused this them selfs
@Gary Conner four more years of liberal tears…….
That’s a serious explosion.
That shockwave…. Devastating
Shawn Murphy https://youtu.be/rdHRX7iIAQs
@Shawn Murphy I have have seen those compression waves but on a much smaller scale when bombs were dropped in Việt Nam.
@Shelly of the PNW you mean this ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVqBqqq5AA&t=75s
Shelly of the PNW I viewed some historical footage yes pretty scary and intense
@Shawn Murphy I was sitting on the hood of my ambulance when a 90mm round air burst about 75 yards from me, the shock from that threw me off the hood and a three inch long chunk of shrapnel opened the side of my steel pot from the front to the back as if it had been made of aluminium. I do not remember how much the explosive charge in it weighed. We were lucky that nobody else was hit by the flying shrapnel that day. It was a friendly fire incident. Still have that piece somewhere amongst my things. This happened in 1972.
The best achievement in 2020 is just to stay alive.
~zbq~
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Virginia O’Flaherty did u know that apperantly if u die in 2020 covid-19 is marked in ur death certificate???…wonder why ,…
@J- EAST MUSIQ No it isn”t.
NobleGuy yeah correct me if im wrong!!!…cause i realy hope its not truth!!!
@J- EAST MUSIQ Are you a coroner? Or you’re just talking baloney.
Crazy explosion, must be many dead. I feel for the people of beirut. What on earth is next for 2020? We are definatly in an transitional period. Hopefully for the best.
That shock wave is one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen… Even sfx couldn’t recreate that…. You can see the ring that is propelled forward
@Alexa Marin and you see the wave on the water
@cj p Trump Virus
@Adam Plentl Where do you see “buildings peeled up off the ground” ???
The closest by are immediately covered in a white cloud you can’t see what’s happening.
When the wave progresses you see roofs going up in the air, so where do you see “buildings peeled up off the ground” ???
I’m first to admit I’m guessing first but brown smoke 0rbovably NO2 corrected by auto correct
@SpookyI’m not trying but justify but a engineer wouldn’t made sense and left successful
omg it was massive i live in cyprus ayianapa and heard it so loud i was at work and suddenly heard a huge blast everyone came out of there home and work and was thinking it was some kind of an attack. later someone told us it was an explosion in Beirut. may god help the effected people 🙏🏻
Wow
Subhash Rajput Stay safe
We felt the blasts 130 miles away, in Cyprus
Dawn Ironside 👁‼️✊🏾🇱🇧✊🏾‼️
It’s near Hiroshima level. Hiroshima bomb was a 15-kiloton device. This Beirut explosion was a 2.5-kiloton in terms of energy released in a snap.
Osama Bin Laden 2.5 is a bit off from 15 ,Tim 👁‼️
Wow
That is terrible.glad you are safe.
No food to feed their people, but they have tons of nitrates…..
It’s called capitalism! Let the rich be rich & the poor will ☠️
If that explanation is correct that shows gross incompetence amongst their leadership.
This is why you don’t store ammonium nitrate within city limits.
Looks like One Punch Man delivered a serious punch in Beirut.
Tip Of The Day: Do not store 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate all in one area for 6 years !!!
Did you do anything about it…?
@NobleGuy , not within my jurisdiction.
Too bad all of msdnc’s staff weren’t huddled around that warehouse when it went off. It took a huge explosion and numerous dead people to get msdnc to “report” anything but 24/7 trump bashing! Russia/collusion, impeachment, Christine blasey ford, comey, muller, stormy, aveneti….
add CNN marxist.
It’s crazy how they’re government had tons chemicals right next to millions of people. It makes you just wonder what chemicals and stuff do we have right next to us in America
I heard rumours the US is full of nuclear weapons that are thousands times stronger than this that explosion in Beirut. But if something like that happens in the US you at least know who will not take responsibility for it.