Lebanese people look at the devastated port of Beirut, the site of the explosion which killed at least 154 people and devastated swathes of the capital, in Beirut on August 9, 2020.

The huge ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut's port that devastated much of the city left a crater 43 meters deep, a security official said Sunday.

"The explosion in the port left a crater 43 meters deep" Tuesday, the official told AFP, citing reports by French experts conducting an assessment of the disaster area.