Prime Minister Nawaf Salam chaired a meeting Monday with national and local officials, during which the decision was made to evacuate 114 buildings, in Tripoli, deemed to be at risk of collapse in stages over the course of a month.

The country's Higher Relief Committee will then work to reinforce the buildings that can be saved, while those that are seriously structurally unsound will be demolished, Salam told journalists after the meeting. He said a housing allowance would be provided to the evacuated families for one year.