SEE PICS! Beirut blast death toll rises to 100, more than 5,000 people injured

The death toll from the explosions which devastated central Beirut has passed 100, the Lebanese Red Cross said Wednesday, as residents across much of the city woke in shock, if they had slept at all.

The blasts came from a warehouse in Beirut's port area which apparently housed massive quantities of explosive materials.

The initial explosion Tuesday evening ignited a fire; a second enveloped the skyline as a mushroom cloud of pastel-colored smoke billowed upward, and a shock wave coursed out across the city, devastating buildings and wounding thousands.

In an interview with the LBCI television channel, George Kittani, head of the Lebanese Red Cross, said that the city's morgues would be accepting bodies directly as hospitals could no longer cope.

Red Cross workers were still scouring the wrecked and deserted streets in neighborhoods adjoining the port early Wednesday, calling out for residents who might be trapped and injured.

The organization said that at least 4,000 people had been wounded. Families put out frantic calls for missing loved ones across social media. There are bodies in the rubble and in the waters of the port.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab linked the explosions to 2,700 tons of the dangerous chemical that had been stored at the port since 2014, despite warnings from port officials that the material was not safe.

An Israeli official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said that Israel had no role in the Beirut explosions.

President Trump called the explosion a “terrible attack” and said U.S. generals seemed to feel that it was the result of a “bomb of some kind.” But military officials said they had yet to make a solid assessment of the explosions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of life and property in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday and expressed condolences to the families and injured people of those killed in the blast.