Warning of humanitarian disaster in Lebanon after Beirut explosion – BBC News

The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster in Lebanon, with widespread medicine and food shortages, after this week’s explosion in the capital, Beirut.

154 people are known to have died in the blast — thousands more were injured. More than 300,000 people are homeless.

A number of hospitals have been damaged and the country’s largest grain silo was destroyed, with supplies of flour having to be brought into the country.

Many people in Beirut are facing a desperate situation. As well as terrible suffering there are examples of great heroism. One nurse has been describing how she rescued three newborn babies, following the explosion that ripped through the city.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and Carine Torbey in Beirut.

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In This Story: Lebanon

Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of Western Asia, and the transcontinental region of the Middle East.

The official language, Arabic, is the most common language spoken by the citizens of Lebanon. Its capital is Beirut.

Lebanon was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 and is a member of the Arab League (1945), the Non-Aligned Movement (1961), Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (1969), and the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (1973).

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