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Beirut update - CNN they still have a bureau there
Didn’t catch the reporters name. He was sitting alone in the bureau went the explosion happened. He was reporting from amidst the blown frame of a window.
Beirut is a disaster area. Officially.
Everyone around the country is being encouraged to give blood.
70% of food imports for the whole country come through that port. The port is closed.
The largest grain silo (wheat) in the country is destroyed.
