International Rescuers Aid Venezuela After Twin Earthquakes
Volunteer rescue teams, including Mexico's 'mole' rescuers, are navigating a devastated Venezuela to save lives following two powerful earthquakes. Rescuers describe the affected areas as a 'war zone' as they work through the destruction.
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‘I can only describe it as a war zone’: the rescuers navigating Venezuela’s post-quake hellscape
Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubble When twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s northern coast last week, Israel Rivas was at home hundreds of miles away in the industrial city of San Félix. As the scale of the catastrophe became clear, the 24-year-old knew he had to react. A mechanic and budding photographer, Rivas gathered the money he had been saving to buy a new camera lens and jumped on a bus to make the 12-hour jour...
By Tom Phillips in Caraballeda
Read full article →Mexico’s volunteer ‘mole’ rescuers race to save lives after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes
Members of Mexico's Topos Azteca brigade are tunneling through rubble in Venezuela after devastating quakes, continuing a four-decade tradition of volunteer rescue work across the globe. The post Mexico’s volunteer ‘mole’ rescuers race to save lives after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes appeared first on Mexico News Daily
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