Daily Mail: Beirut counts the human cost: 300,000 people are left homeless with 50% of buildings damaged as death toll from fertilizer explosion nears 150 with thousands more injured
* Satellite images have revealed the true extent of the damage to Beirut's harbour after massive explosion
* Warehouse where blast happened is completely gone while surrounding buildings have been flattened
* At least 135 people died in the explosion with more expected, while 5,000 are wounded and tens missing
* Barely a building left untouched by blast the size of a small nuke, thought to have been sparked by a welder
Beirut has been brought to its knees by the devastating explosion which damaged half of the city's buildings and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
At least 135 were killed and 5,000 wounded on Tuesday following the blast at the port where 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded.
The international community has rallied to send aid to the country already on the brink of economic ruin - but citizens are fearful Lebanon will never recover.
'This explosion seals the collapse of Lebanon. I really blame the ruling class,' said Hassan Zaiter, 32, a manager at the heavily damaged Le Gray Hotel in downtown Beirut.
The economic cost of the damage is thought to be around $5billion, added to the more-pressing human cost includes 300,000 people left homeless along with hospitals struggling to cope.
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‘Beirut is destroyed, my heart is broken’: Locals in despair over Lebanon blast -- France 24
Lebanese rally to assist those affected by Beirut explosion -- Al Jazeera
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