And scientists sound a fresh warning on Climate Change as the arctic gets warmer the world is facing an increase in destructive extreme weather events. That. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us rescuers in beirut are digging through rubble in a desperate search for survivors after 2 shoot explosions left much of the lebanese capital in ruins at least 137 people are dead and thousands more have been injured president in one or because france has arrived bringing rescue teams and equipment with him other countries have also pledged emergency aid and expertise lebanons president michel aoun who greeted mccall has blamed the disaster on thousands of tons of a chemical being stored in bed. Rootstocks but the u. S. Government says it has not ruled out the possibility of an attack a governor of beirut has said almost 300000 people have been made homeless by the blasts. A day of grief for lebanon as the country reckons with the losses and destruction caused by tuesdays explosion.
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