BEIRUT: Lebanon halted maritime traffic in its southern ports of Sidon and Tyre as a result of violent winds from an incoming storm which destroyed orchards, caused property damage and knocked out Internet in parts of the country Tuesday.

Air traffic, however, was still operating normally.

Fruits that had been blown off their tree branches littered orchards across the north, while at least one large Christmas tree displayed in the northern city of Tripoli was toppled.

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