
Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Rises Amid Rescue Efforts and Public Anger
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has reached at least 1,450, with over 50,000 missing, as rescue operations continue with international and local support. Public anger is growing over the government's response, while many citizens are organizing self-help efforts.
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Deep under the rubble, rescuers found an 11-year-old boy alive.
By Anushka Patil
Read full article →In Venezuela silence has become a rescue tool
In Venezuela rescue crews now stop almost everything and ask for silence so they can hear anyone still alive underneath the rubble. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from the port city of La Guaira.
By Eyder Peralta
Read full article →Hope of finding more Venezuela quake survivors fades despite late rescues
Those rescued include 60-year-old woman trapped for 86 hours, as tens of thousands still reported missing.
Read full article →33 rescued from Venezuelan rubble: Survival window desperately fading with nearly 50,000 missing
Search and rescue crews race against time in La Guaira as 33 survivors are pulled from collapsed buildings while nearly 50,000 remain missing.
Read full article →Venezuelans left frustrated by lack of goverment response as earthquake death toll rises
Frustration mounted in Venezuela's state of La Guaira on Saturday as rescuers and civilians used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands to look for survivors of the devastating twin-earthquakes that has killed at least 1,430 people. Many citizens have been critical of what they say is an inadequate response by the government, who were evidently underprepared to respond to the scope of the tragedy.
By FRANCE 24
Read full article →Venezuela is saving itself with its own hands
EL PAÍS reports from the apocalypse after the earthquake, where precarious conditions and lack of resources mark rescue efforts following the double tremor. Authorities have recovered up to 20 bodies per hour, and the death toll has already reached 1,450
By María Martín
Read full article →Thirty-three people are rescued but up to 50,000 still missing after twin Venezuela earthquakes
More than 1,600 foreign rescue workers arrive in devastated country as death toll climbs above 1,400
By Vivian Sequera
Read full article →More than '1,400' killed, 47,000 still missing from twin earthquake in Venezuela
Jorge Rodriguez shared the latest estimates on the victims on Saturday, adding that another 3,200 people were injured and 3,100 left homeless by the disaster.
Read full article →Thirty-three people rescued, thousands still missing after Venezuela quakes
The US Geological Survey estimated more than 10,000 deaths were possible from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes, which would place them among Latin America's deadliest of the last century.
Read full article →Venezuela quake death toll reaches 1,450 as rescue work goes on
Foreign rescue teams pour into La Guaira, the hardest-hit state in a country already mired in a deep political and economic crisis
By Reuters
Read full article →Venezuela quakes kill 1,400 as time running out to find survivors
Rescue crews raced Saturday to find survivors in the rubble of Venezuela's powerful earthquakes as the death toll reached 1,430 and hopes dwindled more than three days after the earth roared and rumbled. The post Venezuela quakes kill 1,400 as time running out to find survivors appeared first on Vanguard News.
By Akinbayo Wahab
Read full article →A Society That Had To Save Itself
In Los Palos Grandes, like in other parts of Caracas, foreign rescuers and inexperienced volunteers do what they can among the ruins
By Loredana Zamudio
Read full article →Emotional Rescues After the Earthquakes in Venezuela
Seeing people emerge alive from beneath the rubble has been among the most moving sights of these past few days. The post Emotional Rescues After the Earthquakes in Venezuela appeared first on Havana Times.
By Circles Robinson
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