Blame game begins as widespread flooding strikes again in Lebanon
(WorldNews Sport)

Days after Lebanon was hit by severe flooding, the aftermath is hitting residents of one Beirut suburb hard. Amal, who runs a small furniture shop, was clearing out sodden stock on Tuesday morning after spending the morning cleaning. `It´s all destroyed, we cannot sell anything,` she said. Water reached levels of up to 1.2 metres in the neighbourhood of Sultan Ibrahim in the suburb of Jnah, South of Beirut, locals said. Pictures of a man kayaking down the road between submerged cars went viral online on Monday, his preparedness a symbol of the inability of the Lebanese state to cater to its citizens minimum needs nearly three decades since the end of a bloody, 15-year long civil war. The...