Article 56N89 'It came out of nowhere': Beirut blast rattles Houston's Lebanese community

'It came out of nowhere': Beirut blast rattles Houston's Lebanese community

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Erum Salam in Houston, Texas
from World news | The Guardian on (#56N89)

Residents of the Texas city, home to tens of thousands of Lebanese people, say the blast left them feeling helpless

Houston residents Leila Woheidy and her mother were on the phone with her grandmother back in Lebanon when they suddenly heard screaming on the other end of the line.

Related: No lights, no glass, no money: Beirutis hamstrung in efforts to rebuild

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