Satellite imagery shows scale of destruction after explosion at Beirut port

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Satellite imagery shows scale of destruction after explosion at Beirut port

Satellite imagery obtained by NBC News’ Social Newsgathering team from Planet Labs, Inc. and Maxar Technologies shows the damage sustained by yesterday’s explosions at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The imagery shows nearby buildings that sustained significant damage or were destroyed by the explosion, which has killed more than 135 people and injured at least 5,000, Lebanon’s Health Minister Hamad Hasan said Wednesday. About 200,000 people are now displaced in the city, according to Beirut’s governor Marwan Abboud. The blast, which ...

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