Injured in the streets, destroyed buildings, cars in Beirut

Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above capital.

Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.

cause of blast was t immediately clear. It came at a time when Leban is passing through its worst ecomic and financial crisis in deces.