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Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Rises to Nearly 2,300
Officials say 782 aftershocks have been recorded as rescuers continue to search for survivors and thousands remain missing or homeless.
- Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez confirmed yesterday that the death toll from the double earthquake has risen to 2,295, with 11,267 people injured.
- The Geological Survey reported the event as a doublet, with a magnitude 7.2 earthquake followed 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake striking west of Caracas.
- NASA satellite assessments estimate 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed, while the government established 25 temporary camps, with 13 in Guaira, the hardest-hit area.
- Rescue workers have saved 6,461 people amid 782 recorded aftershocks, yet tracking site Desaparecidos Terremoto Venezuela lists 39,610 people as still unaccounted for.
- This disaster ranks as the deadliest in the last century, surpassing a 1967 earthquake that killed 245 people; officials urge survivors to register with the Patria system for assistance.
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A week after the severe earthquakes in Venezuela, the search for survivors continues franticly. On Monday, a 12-year-old boy was rescued in the hard-hit region of La Guaira, and yesterday rescue workers pulled a 3-year-old boy alive from under the rubble. The death toll has since risen to 2,295. Read all about it in this live blog.
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189 buildings have collapsed in Venezuela's worst earthquake in over 100 years, acting president says.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Shin-young = The death toll from the strong earthquake in Venezuela on the 24th of last month has exceeded 2,500.
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