Published 12:08 IST, August 7th 2020
Elderly woman plays piano amid destruction caused by Beirut blast, watch
The Beirut blast decimated nearly half of the city but an elderly woman took the time to play the piano amid all the destruction and chaos.
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Beirut blast sent shock waves across Leban and decimated nearly half of city but in midst of all this destruction and chaos, an elderly woman took time to play pia. video is being widely shared on social media.
Calm in Chaos
An elderly woman's home was severely damd in Beirut blast but what she did amid chaos is something unexpected. She played pia beautifully in middle of all chaos and destruction around her. A video of it was shared on Twitter and tweet re: "In Beirut, explosion decimated nearly half city. An elderly woman's home was heavily damd. In middle of all destruction, she stopped to do something most people wouldn't. She played pia. Even in despair, re is beauty."
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This elderly woman won over netizens and received a positive response from m. Check it out.
Beirut Blast
On Tuesday, August 4, a massive explosion in Beirut left world shocked. This blast wounded a large number of people and caused immense dam to property. Videos from this blast went viral online which showed a huge cloud of smoke rising from port area where blast originated. Shattered pieces of glass and debris from blast flew miles away from site of explosion.
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Following this incident, Leban Prime Minister Hassan Diab declared it as national day of mourning. Soon after, help poured in from nations all over world. India, United Kingdom, France, Cana, United States of America, Iran, Australia, Germany, Russia and numerous or countries offered support and condolences to Leban including Israel who offered m humanitarian assistance despite tension between m.
Over 140 people have lost ir lives and over 5,000 have been injured as per international media reports. It is also being reported that improper stor of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate led to explosion that damd half of Beirut's buildings. This dely blast left nearly 300,000 people homeless and overloed healthcare system in Leban. United Nations have also released $9 million to aid Leban in se trying times as this blast has done large-scale dam to city of Beirut. As per World Health Organization report, this blast left three hospitals unusable and two ors with substantial dam and loss is equivalent of 500 hospital beds. Nearly half of city of Beirut has been decimated.
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12:08 IST, August 7th 2020