The president Lebanon estimated damage from explosion in Beirut at $15 billion

The damage from explosion in Beirut made more than $15 billion, the president declared Lebanon Michel Naim Aoun during telephone conversation with the king Spain to Felipe. About it it is reported in a Twitter-account of administration of the head of state. Earlier the city governor Marwan Abbud estimated it at $3-5 billion. Powerful explosion in Beirut happened on August 4. As a result more than 170 people were lost, the port was completely destroyed, a half of city buildings is damaged, many people remained without housing. The authorities declared that the wrong storage of 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate could become a cause of explosion. However are considered a little...