“There are victims and casualties everywhere.”
Emergency workers and residents in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital city, are searching for survivors after Tuesday’s massive explosion that killed at least 100 and wounded thousands more, amid the city’s struggles with coronavirus, its fragile political system and a high unemployment rate. Why such a large amount of ammonium nitrate was allowed to be stored at the shipping port, and what set off Tuesday’s explosion. Classified as a chemical, the substance is commonly used for fertilizers and bombs, according to the Times.300,000 and $3 billion. Beirut Gov. Massan Abboud told Agence France-Presse that at least 300,000 residents have been made homeless as a result of the explosion, and damage to the city is tallied so far at $3 billion.
