Beirut Was Already Suffering. Then Came a Deadly Explosion

12:39pm PDT - August 5th, 2020    beirut explosion today - Time

The electricity was out at Fatima Al Mahmoud’s Beirut home even before a colossal explosion ripped through the Lebanese capital late on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 135 people, and wounding a further 5,000. A senior editor at online city guide Beirut.c…