Storm rips out refugee camps in SW Lebanon

Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-26 18:30:02|Editor: Li Xia
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BEIRUT, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A storm in the past hours ripped out plastic refugee camps in Wazzani, a village in Hasbaya district in southwestern Lebanon, local media reported Friday.

The heavy storm resulted in damage in this area, according to a statement published by Elnashra, an online independent newspaper.

More than 1 million Syrian refugees are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon, while the government estimates the true number of Syrians in the country at 1.5 million.

A big number of these refugees live in camps in Lebanon.

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