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More silos collapse at Port of Beirut as air quality concerns mount

Other parts of the grain silos have collapsed this summer as the 2020 port explosion continues to plague Lebanon.

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A general view shows the northern collapsed section of the grain silos in the Port of Beirut on Aug. 23, 2022, in Beirut, Lebanon. — Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images

The Port of Beirut's infrastructure continues to suffer from the effects of the 2020 explosion. 

More of the port’s grain silos collapsed again today, Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported. 

The section that collapsed is the last silo in the northern section. The silos in the southern section remain standing, according to the Lebanese news outlet L’Orient Today. 

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