This footage was filmed and produced 2 August 2021.

Drone shots of Beirut Port were taken in August 2021, one year after the massive blast.

Lebanon’s tragedy at the Port of Beirut in the early evening of Aug. 4, 2020, began with a mysterious plume of smoke, followed by threatening sparks the size of fireworks, and then — seemingly out of nowhere — a catastrophic mushroom cloud accompanied by a mad and terrible roar. The huge explosion left more than 200 dead, and more than 6,500 injured. Some 300,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. The tragedy hit Lebanon as the country was mired in its worst economic crisis in decades, with its currency plummeting, massive layoffs, and drastic banking restrictions.