Download Satellite imagery of Beirut explosion (0.5m) before and after explosion

On August 4, 2020, a major explosion devastated the city of Beirut, Lebanon. The prime minister said the cause of the explosion was 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, a common industrial chemical used in fertilizers and as a component in mining explosives. As of August 5, at least 135 people had been killed and about 5,000 injured; over 300,000 other people are displaced by the scale of the damage. With a power outage in most of the city, emergency workers are limited in what they can do. The government information minister said the country would enter a two-week state of emergency.