A strong aftershock rattles Venezuela as rescue workers race to find survivors
Rescue teams from 27 countries searched rubble as the death toll rose to at least 1,719 and hopes of finding survivors faded, officials said.
- On Monday, U.S. Marines reopened the key port of La Guaira, Venezuela, after emergency repairs to facilitate delivery of critically needed supplies following twin earthquakes that killed more than 1,700 people.
- Powerful 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck Venezuela's Caribbean coast last Wednesday, collapsing hundreds of buildings and leaving more than 5,000 people wounded in the country's worst disaster in more than a century.
- Rescue teams pulled 21-year-old Aaron Levi from rubble on Monday in Tanaguarena, offering rare hope as international responders, including four U.S. urban search-and-rescue teams, continue recovery operations.
- Washington doubled its aid pledge to more than $300 million on Monday to support relief efforts, while National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez updated the death toll to at least 1,719 victims.
- Residents in La Guaira report looting and express frustration over the government's limited response, as United Nations coordinator Gianluca Rampolla confirmed the global body is providing 10,000 body bags.
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According to the Venezuelan government, the number of deaths after the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 last Wednesday is currently around 1719
On the fifth day after the earthquakes in Venezuela, the number of deaths has risen to more than 1,700.
The large-scale search and rescue operation continues, with 3,319 rescue workers from all over the world involved.
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayUS military reopens battered Venezuelan port to speed quake relief, mass burials begin
LA GUAIRA, June 30 — The United States military repaired and reopened a key seaport in the hardest hit area of Venezuela yesterday, as the country began burying more than 1,700 victims of twin earthquakes that have left tens of thousands still missing.Five days after powerful back-to-back quakes flattened entire neighborhoods, the task of recovering the dead loomed large and hopes of finding survivors faded.By the latest official count, some 1,7…
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