Death Toll From Venezuela June Earthquakes Tops 6,000
Officials said 60,992 people were treated and 6,462 rescued as criticism grew over the government’s response and missing-person counts.
- The Venezuelan government announced the confirmed death toll from June 24 earthquakes has risen to more than 6000 people, ranking the disaster as the 10th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century, behind Nepal.
- A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck near Yaracuy on June 24, followed 39 seconds later by a 7.5 tremor near Vargas; the USGS described the event as a doublet affecting coastal La Guaira and Caracas hardest.
- Following a 10-day reporting gap, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez announced on Monday that 61,000 people had been treated in hospitals, with only 16.5 percent of debris removed.
- Interim President Delcy Rodriguez faces mounting criticism for government response shortcomings, while advocates urge The United States to loosen economic sanctions to facilitate critical funding flow into Venezuela.
- A World Bank report placed physical damage from the earthquakes at nearly $20bn; despite pledges of global support, it remains unclear where such recovery funds will originate.
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diarioestrategia.clThe new report released by the President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, raises the number of deaths to 6,125 and estimates that 60,992 people were injured.
In the new balance sheet of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports 138 dead Portuguese and Lusodescendents. The ministry advances that there are no more missing citizens.
1,400 people remain officially missing in the double earthquake that hit the Guaira State, north of Caracas, on 24 June.
The situation in Venezuela continues to be devastating after the earthquakes at the end of June. According to the latest official data, more than 6,000 people have been killed, but thousands are still missing.
The number of victims caused by the double earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24 reached 6,125 people, according to the authorities. More than a month since the earthquake, more than 1,400 people are still missing, and tens of thousands of people are living in improvised camps. The two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 7,2 and 7,5, have hit the coastline of Venice and are considered the most devastating produced in the country in the last de…
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