Venezuela Earthquake Toll Passes 900 as Search Intensifies for Hundreds Trapped Under the Rubble
International aid teams arrive as more than 50,000 names are posted online and hospitals overflow, officials and aid workers said.
- Twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck northern Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, leaving 920 dead and more than 3,000 injured according to the government.
- The strongest earthquake to hit Venezuela in 126 years devastated the coastal city of La Guaira, which was declared a disaster zone, with more than 50,000 people reported missing.
- Foreign rescue teams from Spain and the United States arrived as the U.S. military began delivering $150 million in humanitarian aid; the International Medical Corps reported surviving hospitals were overwhelmed by mass casualties.
- Acting President Delcy Rodriguez declared a state of emergency and announced a $200 million reconstruction fund for damaged homes and hospitals, while authorities urged residents to avoid clogged roads.
- UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said recovery will require "massive collective efforts," as the nation remains weakened by decades of economic turmoil that complicates long-term rebuilding efforts.
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Tens of thousands are considered missing after the severe earthquakes in Venezuela. The search continues, while the chances for survivors under the rubble sink every hour.
The number of confirmed deaths is already over 900, but thousands of people are missing and authorities are in a race against time to find survivors in the wreckage.
Since two days ago, taking the road from Caracas to La Guaira is no longer synonymous with going to enjoy the beaches, tasting a dish of food with fruits of the sea, taking a flight or receiving some family or friend who arrives in Venezuela: now it is to go to the "zero zone" of the catastrophe.Only one enters the town, the welcome it is the destruction and the collapse. Anywhere one looks, many buildings are now a mountain of rubble and those …
Crews search for survivors in rubble after Venezuela quakes
The race to save lives in Venezuela is becoming a race against time. Rescue crews are digging through mountains of rubble, searching for survivors believed to be trapped after two powerful quakes struck just seconds apart. More than 900 people are confirmed dead and tens of thousands remain missing. Nick Schifrin reports.
Venezuela Twin Earthquake Toll Tops 900, Search Intensifies For Hundreds Trapped
Caracas: Desperate Venezuelans and rescue teams raced to find survivors on Friday as the death toll from twin earthquakes rose above 900 with foreign crews and aid only beginning to reach devastated areas nearly two days after the quakes.The government said 172 people remained
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