Mapping the Damage From the Beirut Explosion
LEBANON
Beirut
Explosions erupted in Lebanon’s capital on Tuesday evening, leveling buildings, damaging hospitals and shattering windows for miles. More than 5,000 people were injured and at least 135 were killed.
A shock wave raced from the site of the blast, on Beirut’s industrial waterfront, into the city’s densely populated residential neighborhoods and downtown shopping districts. Dozens of nearby buildings — including grain silos storing around 85 percent of the country’s grain — were severely damaged or destroyed, imagery from the aftermath showed.
SITE OF EXPLOSION
Warehouse storing
ammonium nitrate
Destroyed
grain silos
PORT OF
BEIRUT
SITE OF EXPLOSION
Warehouse storing
ammonium nitrate
Destroyed grain silos
PORT OF
BEIRUT
SITE OF EXPLOSION
Warehouse storing
ammonium nitrate
Destroyed grain silos
PORT OF
BEIRUT
Officials said it appeared the larger blast was caused by the detonation of more than 2,700 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse at the port since it was confiscated from a cargo ship in 2014.
Satellite image captured after the explosion
JISR
PORT OF
BEIRUT
KARANTINA
BEIRUT CENTRAL
DISTRICT
Patients evacuated
from Karantina
Hospital
Capsized ship
SITE OF EXPLOSIONS
Beirut Port Silos
and surrounding
buildings severely
damaged
Warehouse storing
‘explosive materials’
Warehouses destroyed
or damaged
Glass shattered in
upscale shopping district
AL MARFA’A
Charles Helou
Facade stripped
off towers
Damaged
buildings
Storefronts
shattered downtown
Damage at
Grand Serail
Armenia St.
Charles Helou
MAR MIKHAEL
Armenia St.
Damaged
buildings
GEMMAYZEH
Rubble
GEITAWI
Mohammad
AlAmin Mosque
St. George
Hospital damaged
Wounded children
in Gemmayzeh
Charles Malek
Damage on Charles Malek
BACHOURA
BEIRUT
Independance
Damage at Sodeco
Square mall
Apartment windows
blown out in Achrafieh
Damage at Hôtel-Dieu de
France hospital, where
around 400 injured
people were later taken.
BOURJ ABI HAYDAR
SODECO
Satellite image captured after the explosion
JISR
PORT OF
BEIRUT
KARANTINA
BEIRUT CENTRAL
DISTRICT
Patients evacuated
from Karantina
Hospital
Capsized ship
SITE OF EXPLOSIONS
Beirut Port Silos
and surrounding
buildings severely
damaged
Warehouse storing
‘explosive materials’
Warehouses destroyed
or damaged
Glass shattered in
upscale shopping district
AL MARFA’A
Charles Helou
Facade stripped
off towers
Damaged
buildings
Storefronts
shattered downtown
Armenia St.
Charles Helou
MAR MIKHAEL
Armenia St.
Damaged
buildings
GEMMAYZEH
Rubble
GEITAWI
Mohammad
AlAmin Mosque
Damage at
Grand Serail
St. George
Hospital damaged
Wounded children
in Gemmayzeh
Charles Malek
Damage on Charles Malek
BACHOURA
BEIRUT
Independance
Damage at Sodeco
Square mall
Apartment windows
blown out in Achrafieh
BOURJ ABI HAYDAR
SODECO
Damage at Hôtel-Dieu de
France hospital, where
around 400 injured
people were later taken.
Satellite image captured after the explosion
PORT OF
BEIRUT
Patients
evacuated
from Karantina
Hospital
BEIRUT CENTRAL
DISTRICT
Capsized
ship
SITE OF EXPLOSIONS
Beirut Port Silos
and surrounding
buildings severely
damaged
Warehouse storing
‘explosive materials’
KARANTINA
Warehouses destroyed
or damaged
Glass shattered in
upscale shopping district
AL MARFA’A
Facade stripped
off towers
Storefronts
shattered downtown
Charles Helou
MAR MIKHAEL
GEMMAYZEH
Damaged
buildings
GEITAWI
Damage at
Grand Serail
Rubble
Mohammad
AlAmin Mosque
St. George
Hospital damaged
Charles Malek
BACHOURA
BEIRUT
Independance
Damage at Sodeco
Square mall
Apartment windows
blown out in Achrafieh
Damage at Hôtel-Dieu de
France hospital, where
around 400 injured
people were later taken.
BOURJ ABI HAYDAR
SODECO
Satellite image captured after the explosion
PORT OF
BEIRUT
BEIRUT CENTRAL
DISTRICT
SITE OF EXPLOSIONS
Beirut Port Silos
and surrounding
buildings severely
damaged
Warehouse storing
‘explosive materials’
Warehouses destroyed
or damaged
Glass blankets ground
in upscale shopping district
AL MARFA’A
Facade stripped
off towers
Storefronts
shattered downtown
Charles Helou
MAR MIKHAEL
GEMMAYZEH
Damaged
buildings
Rubble
Mohammad
AlAmin Mosque
St. George
Hospital damaged
Charles Malek
BEIRUT
Damage at Sodeco
Square mall
Apartment windows
blown out in Achrafieh
Damage at Hotel Dieu
hospital, where around
400 injured people
were later taken
SODECO
Satellite image captured after the explosion
PORT OF
BEIRUT
BEIRUT CENTRAL
DISTRICT
SITE OF
EXPLOSIONS
Warehouse
storing ‘explosive
materials’
Beirut Port Silos
and surrounding
buildings severely
damaged
Warehouses destroyed
or damaged
AL MARFA’A
Facade stripped
off towers
Storefronts
shattered downtown
Charles Helou
MAR MIKHAEL
GEMMAYZEH
Damaged
buildings
Rubble
Mohammad
AlAmin Mosque
St. George
Hospital
damaged
Charles Malek
BEIRUT
Damage at Sodeco
Square mall
Apartment windows
blown out in Achrafieh
Damage at Hôtel-Dieu de
France hospital, where
around 400 injured
people were later taken.
SODECO
The second of the two blasts could be heard in Cyprus, more than 100 miles away. Broken glass and debris could be seen two miles away, encompassing an area where more than 750,000 people live.
PORT OF BEIRUT
SITE OF
EXPLOSIONS
.5 miles
9,000 residents
1 mile
116,000 residents
2 miles
778,000 residents
Residents per
10,000 sq. meters
0
3 miles
1,862,000 residents
1,900
1 MILE
PORT OF BEIRUT
SITE OF
EXPLOSIONS
.5 miles
9,000 residents
1 mile
116,000 residents
Residents per
10,000 sq. meters
2 miles
778,000 residents
0
3 miles
1,862,000 residents
1,900
1 MILE
SITE OF
EXPLOSIONS
.5 miles
9,000 residents
1 mile
116,000 residents
2 miles
778,000 residents
3 miles
1,862,000 residents
1 MILE
The explosions erupted next to a tall building called the Beirut Port Silos, which could be seen partially collapsed amid the rubble of nearby buildings. Several fires burned across the port area, seen in this panoramic image.
Videos and photos taken from the scene showed a thick cloud of gray smoke hovering over the Mediterranean before an enormous burst of red and orange fumes exploded into the sky.