EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT, LEBANON

Beirut, Lebanon--Aug. 4, 2020 a massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital tore through several downtown neighbourhoods, destroying homes, shattering glass, and releasing thick smoke into the air. The blast has killed more than 100 people, wounding thousands, and leaving as many as 300,000 homeless. The explosion has also caused extensive damage to buildings within a large radius of the blast site and hospitals are said to be overwhelmed.

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