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What Visual Evidence Tells Us About What Caused The Beirut Explosion

So far there are reports of at least 100 deaths and thousands of injuries from the blast, which was large enough it was felt in Cyprus.

What Visual Evidence Tells Us About What Caused The Beirut Explosion
Newsy / Jennifer Smart
Article by Jake Godin and Zach Toombs
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August 5, 2020

A massive explosion rocked Beirut, leaving the city's port in ruins and thousands injured with a climbing death toll. The Lebanese Red Cross is accepting donations as it works to save those who survived.

Jake Godin is a reporter with his eye on the Middle East and North Africa, national security, and terrorism. Hailing from a town in central Illinois that you've likely never heard of, Jake joined Newsy in 2012 after graduating from the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. Since then, he's traveled to the Arctic Circle on his motorcycle, covered Canada's mass resettlement of Syrian refugees and moved to Newsy's Washington, D.C., bureau. @JakeGodin

Zach leads the Newsy Documentaries unit and serves as a reporter and producer in the field. He has reported across four continents, three presidential elections and several natural disasters. At Newsy, he has covered a wide variety of political and policy issues, with a focus on climate change, energy, innovation, and Middle America. Raised in small town Texas, Zach attended the University of Missouri, joined Newsy in 2011 and established Newsy's Washington, D.C. office in 2016. @zachtoombs