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Beirut explosion: Up to 300,000 people left homeless by catastrophic disaster

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was destroyed by two enormous blasts that saw a shockwave rattle through the city. Shocking footage taken by witnesses showed an enormous cloud of dust and smoke as well as huge orange flames.At least 100 people died in the disaster and more than 4,000 people were injured, with Red Cross Lebanon expected the death toll to keep rising.More than half the city was damaged in the port blast with the total cost likely to exceed $3 billion (£760 million), governor Marwan Abboud told media.

The city itself covers an area of 19.8 km 2 , while the wide metropolitan area covers 67km 2 . Mr Abboud also said an estimated 300,000 people have been rendered homeless after their houses were destroyed, up from an earlier estimate of about 250,000.If.

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