August 4, 2023, marks three years on from a deadly explosion that rocked the port of Beirut. Footage captured in 2020 by resident Agoston Nemeth on his iPhone SE shows the moment the huge explosion went off, sending a visible blast wave hurtling towards the camera. The blast killed over 200 and injured more than 6,000 people. The HD 4K video recorded Nemeth, a 42-year-old therapist from Budapest,
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