Mapping The Impact Of The Beirut Explosion On Cyprus

Ilustrasi (Ilham Amin / VOI)

JAKARTA - As many as 78 people were killed and thousands injured in two large explosions that rocked Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, August 4. The explosion in the harbor area also damaged buildings that were even miles away.

According to The New York Times, the buildings categorized as badly damaged were dozens of buildings near the center of the explosion. If you look at the damage caused by the explosion, the area two miles from the scene will be the worst.

In that radius, 750 thousand inhabitants of Beirut are recorded. Not only that. The shockwave created by the explosion also sowed panic among Beirutis who live in shopping malls and densely populated neighborhoods.

To make matters worse, the second explosion could even be heard in another Middle Eastern country, Cyprus. In fact, Cyprus is more than a hundred miles from the scene of the explosion.

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- Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) August 4, 2020

Officials in Beirut said the explosion originated from a warehouse that contained 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a material used for fertilizer and explosives. The explosion erupted next to a tall building called the Beirut Port Silos.

The explosion also caused part of the building to collapse and burnt the location around the port. For more details, some of the conditions after the explosion can be seen in the panoramic image below:

#Beirut Mayor says: "This is like Hiroshima." Let that sink in for a moment ... pic.twitter.com/7YhjVbi86l

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