Teams Scramble to Locate Survivors Four Days After Venezuela Earthquakes
More than 2,200 rescue workers from around the world have joined the search as families report thousands still missing, the U.N. said.
- On Sunday, four days after powerful earthquakes struck Guaira, Venezuela, a rescue team from Virginia pulled a survivor from the rubble, an effort Jeremy Lewin called a "race against the clock."
- Acting President Delcy Rodriguez reported more than 1,400 dead on Saturday, while residents criticized the government's response as inadequate and more than 14,000 military and police personnel now patrol Guaira.
- More than 2,200 international rescue workers have arrived to support local efforts despite significant damage to the Sim Bol International Airport, and a Navy transport ship now waits off the coast to provide medical care.
- Thousands remain missing as families turn to virtual databases to report loved ones, including Yonah Regalado, who has searched for her sister and 1-year-old nephew since the disaster began.
- The International Organization for Migration estimates over 6 million people could be affected by the quakes, with 2 million in Caracas alone, as frequent aftershocks including one measuring 4.8 on Saturday continue to complicate rescue efforts.
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Grief and optimism clash in scramble to locate survivors 4 days after Venezuela earthquakes
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
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Local and international rescue grids accelerate tasks in search of survivors among the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.
A man and his teenage son came out of the rubble on Sunday almost four days after the double earthquake that struck Venezuela, found journalists of the AFP in Caraballeda, a coastal town north of Caracas, ravaged by the disaster. ...
Seeing the people under the rubble alive is one of the most emotional images we can see these days. The personnel of the Emergency Military Unit (UME) present in Venezuela have rescued alive this Saturday a person who had been trapped almost 72 hours under the rubble of a building destroyed by earthquakes on the 24th. According to the Spanish Ministry of Defense, the rescue has taken place in the Vistamar residential area of La Guaira, which is …
More than 90 hours after the earthquakes that devastated Venezuela, the hope of finding survivors diminishes every hour, but thousands of rescuers, family members and volunteers continue to dig up concrete mountains in search of victims with life. The disaster has left nearly 1,500 dead and tens of thousands missing.
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