Father and son rescued after four days buried under rubble of Venezuela's earthquakes
International crews kept searching as the death toll climbed to 1,450 and at least 33 people were rescued over the weekend, officials said.
- On Sunday, American rescue workers from Virginia's Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team pulled a father and his young son alive from the rubble in La Guaira, four days after twin earthquakes struck Venezuela.
- Twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude struck Venezuela on Wednesday, collapsing hundreds of buildings and leaving at least 1,450 dead, with the U.S. Geological Survey estimating potential deaths could exceed 10,000.
- Specialists note the probability of finding survivors drops sharply after 72 hours, making the rescue of more than 33 people over the weekend a rare success amid tens of thousands still missing.
- Acting President Delcy Rodriguez announced Sunday that electricity in La Guaira had been restored to 75%, while the official death toll reached 1,450 with 12,721 people displaced and 774 buildings collapsed.
- Washington has pledged $150m in humanitarian support as the international community mobilizes, while Venezuela faces long-term recovery in a nation already struggling with economic instability following the January ouster of Nicolas Maduro.
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After the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, the hope for more survivors is dwindling. As the critical window of 72 hours after the disaster has elapsed, experts say that the chances of survival of buried people are falling rapidly.
From now on, those that are already authentic stories of survival such as that of a man and his son who were rescued in La Guaira this Sunday, almost four days after the double earthquake that hit Venezuela with force and has left almost 1,500 dead.According to the Afp agency, still in a state of shock and with bare legs and torso, the father and the minor were extracted from a mixture of cement and other materials by French and American rescuer…
As the hope of finding survivors diminished in Venezuela, relief workers experienced an extraordinary scene: a father and his teenage son were found alive almost four days later
With the passing of the hours and after four days of the double earthquake that struck Venezuela, the possibility of finding people alive under the rubble is increasingly unlikely. However, there are still cases for hope, such as that of a father and son rescued on Sunday in a locality 40 kilometers north of Caracas, or that of two eleven-year-old children taken out of collapsed buildings last Saturday.Continue reading...
Fairfax County rescue crews pull mother, infant and father, son from rubble after Venezuela quakes
Members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team freed a mother and her infant and later helped rescue a father and son from collapsed buildings following the earthquakes in Venezuela, officials said.
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