Lebanese alarmed by earthquake warnings on TV and WhatsApp 😨

Yesterday, Ata Richard Elias, a professor of geophysics at the Lebanese University, suggested that Lebanon could disappear off the map in a quake, but noted that this is “nothing new”. (Watch)

Today, Marleine Brax, Director of the National Center for Geophysics, sounded the alarm when she called for readiness: “We have recorded 11 quakes in the past 4/5 days... I have prepared a bag with my passport, money, valuables”. (Watch)

We need to fully quote these statements—because false info has spread on WhatsApp.