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‘That night’ in 1956: The year the Lebanese ground spoke

Sixty-seven years ago, Lebanon woke up to news of a “triple earthquake.” Some 140 people lost their lives and hundreds were injured.

L'Orient Today looks back at the deadliest earthquake in the country's modern history.

‘That night’ in 1956: The year the Lebanese ground spoke

Front page of L'Orient after the earthquake of March 16, 1956. (Credit: OLJ Archives)

The words might be from different today, but the anxiety was the same.In 1956, crowds rush from all directions, with no real destination.“I want to go far, far away from this land where I have spent my whole life. Nowhere can be more hostile to me....
The words might be from different today, but the anxiety was the same.In 1956, crowds rush from all directions, with no real destination.“I want to go far, far away from this land where I have spent my whole life. Nowhere can be more hostile to me....