🌟STANDOUT SUNDAY🌟 In the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosion, Marina El Khawand who was a scout, stepped in to help. Amid the devastation, she found an elderly woman in need of urgent asthma medication and turned to Instagram when pharmacies had none. A single message on Instagram led her to the lifesaving drugs, and the woman survived. Today, Marina has turned that moment into action. She founded Medonations, an NGO connecting people across Lebanon with lifesaving medicine as the country’s

Why Was the Beirut Blast So Powerful? 💥😱 On August 4, 2020, Beirut was rocked by one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded. The cause? A neglected stockpile of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, left in a port warehouse for over six years. When a nearby fire spread, it ignited the chemicals—creating a shockwave equal to a 3.3 magnitude earthquake. 💥 Windows shattered 10 km away, over 200 people lost their lives, and thousands were injured. The blast was felt across countries. 👉 A

ROCKED: Eyewitness video after a first explosion in the Lebanon capital of Beirut shows an apparent shockwave before a second massive explosion, with buildings blown out, several casualties feared and the cause of the disaster still unclear. More tonight. https://abcn.ws/31xslDR | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

7-year-old Yuri was in hospital for chemotherapy when the shockwave of the Beirut blast hit his room. He survived, but the cancer ward was destroyed. | Al Jazeera English

Grain silos damaged in the deadly 2020 Beirut explosion partially collapsed after a weeks-long smoldering fire on Sunday – four days before the two-year anniversary of the explosion. The 2020 disaster killed more than 200 people and injured thousands. | CBS News