Drone footage of Beirut destruction

Aerial footage showed destruction at Beirut's port and downtown after Tuesday’s explosion that devastated the city. Dozens are still missing after the blast that injured thousands of people and left up to a quarter of a million without homes. Officials said the death toll, set at 145 on Thursday, will continue to rise in the coming days. .

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[harleyquinn]

It feels a bit like looking at aerial footage of Chernobyl’s Reactor 4, but minus the terror of free flowing radiation.

[RWong-wnpv]

Let’s understand this, Beirut’s government/s put 2.75 kt (5, 500, 000 pounds) of dangerous explosives in a port warehouse, since 2014 in the middle of town. Who’d thunk anything could have happened?

[stephendavidbailey]

A similar explosion at Texas City, Texas in 1947 killed 581.

[invinoveritas]

A wedding day both the bride and groom will never

[kingcc]

Ground zero is nothing but a hole that’s part of the sea

[DougHinVA]

all that ammonium nitrate stored with no string security was somebody's call... find them and find why it was not well secured...

[tigrotom]

I wonder what happens to that grain elevator? Can they rebuilt it or it gets torn down?

[DaHaiZhu]

A little context would help. Any drone footage or photos of before?
Yeah, its really bad, but see how it once looked helps quantify that.

[juneack]

Can this incompetence be forgiven? Heart breaking to see.

[MrBigheads]

very neat and tidy....isn't there quite a lot of missing rubble for a blast that big? buildings that were kilometres away were damaged, surely so near the centre there should be more flattened pulverised rubble to be seen?

[destoroyahmitchtrap]

It’s sad but that’s beautiful destruction

[dimitriisov]

Window companies are gonna make a fortune

[unclemarky]

alo lindo video espero que permanezcan haciendo material de calidad¡¡¡!!! Voy a continuar mirando sus creaciones. Les envio un abrazo nos vemos luego 🤞🏽👍🏽

[dansanger]

Sadly, Beirut is looking like the Beirut of old again.

[mrnukemall]

that a big creator on the right were the water pooled up 0:46

[Joelontugs]

This was from stuff make fireworks with?

[kathng]

My GOD. GOD bless HIS children... very sad theses days.. so many going on, waiting to happen for us ... 😭😭😭

[richardjohnson]

Takes me back when all of Beirut was bombed out. The good old days.

[toddytapperswilhelm]

Gives you a thought of what a nuke would do 😩💦

[beefstewe]

My theory: Russian oligarch sends 2 mil in fertilizer to East African country to make money. An issue on board during shipping forced ship to port in Lebanon. Lebanese government seizes cargo because it’s highly volatile and plus they can legally do it (but in reality because of its agricultural benefits that Lebanon needed plus it’s just sheer value of at least 1.5 mil usd). Oligarch abandoned shipment immediately because it’s nothing for him. Lebanese government stores materials in dumb place. Lack of bureaucracy and planning in the years leads to its idle. Then a random fire started due to local welding in the port caused the disastrous.