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In Lebanon , a massive ____________________ at the port of Beirut sent a ____________________ shock wave ____________________ the Lebanese capital Tuesday evening , ____________________ buildings , ____________________ cars and ____________________ windows miles from the blast ____________________ . More than 100 people have been reported ____________________ , with hundreds still ____________________ . Over 4 , 000 people were injured . The explosion carried the ____________________ of a 3 . 5 - ____________________ earthquake and was felt as ____________________ ____________________ as Cyprus , more than 100 miles off Lebanon's coast .

____________________ of the explosion show a rapidly ____________________ shock wave engulfing ____________________ high - rise buildings , leaving a pink mushroom ____________________ rising far above Beirut's ____________________ . One business owner , Ahmad Ismail , described the moment the blast ____________________ his Beirut shop .

Ahmad Ismail : ? We were both standing at the entrance . We felt the glass shaking . I said to my friend maybe it was an earthquake and he went to ask the neighbors what was going on , when I felt something like lightning strike across Beirut . And then everything turned red and the force of the explosion threw me across the shop . ?