Episode 37 - The Port of Beirut Explosion
Destination Disaster
English - October 02, 2022 18:17 - 24 minutes - 250 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNature Science disaster emergency tornado tsunami pandemic earthquake hurricane emergency management Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, we discuss the Port of Beirut explosion that is the larges non-nuclear blast we have experienced in the modern world. This explosion, while still under investigation is believed to have been more violent due to the ammonium nitrate being stored in a decrepit warehouse.... next to fireworks. Yes, you read that correctly. This explosion would consume the lives of 218, injure 7,000, leave hundreds of thousands homeless, and cause over $15 billion USD in damage.
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Sources:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/08/03/they-killed-us-inside/investigation-august-4-beirut-blast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion
Intro/Out Music:
Cody Martin - Leviathan
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14667
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