US Reopens Venezuela Port as Quake Deaths Top 1,700
Marines repaired one of Venezuela’s main ports to speed humanitarian deliveries as the death toll from twin earthquakes rose to 1,719, officials said.
- On Monday, U.S. Marines reopened the key port of La Guaira, Venezuela, after emergency repairs to facilitate delivery of critically needed supplies following twin earthquakes that killed more than 1,700 people.
- Powerful 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck Venezuela's Caribbean coast last Wednesday, collapsing hundreds of buildings and leaving more than 5,000 people wounded in the country's worst disaster in more than a century.
- Rescue teams pulled 21-year-old Aaron Levi from rubble on Monday in Tanaguarena, offering rare hope as international responders, including four U.S. urban search-and-rescue teams, continue recovery operations.
- Washington doubled its aid pledge to more than $300 million on Monday to support relief efforts, while National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez updated the death toll to at least 1,719 victims.
- Residents in La Guaira report looting and express frustration over the government's limited response, as United Nations coordinator Gianluca Rampolla confirmed the global body is providing 10,000 body bags.
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On the fifth day after the earthquakes in Venezuela, the number of deaths has risen to more than 1,700.
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AlKhaleej TodayUS military reopens battered Venezuelan port to speed quake relief, mass burials begin
LA GUAIRA, June 30 — The United States military repaired and reopened a key seaport in the hardest hit area of Venezuela yesterday, as the country began burying more than 1,700 victims of twin earthquakes that have left tens of thousands still missing.Five days after powerful back-to-back quakes flattened entire neighborhoods, the task of recovering the dead loomed large and hopes of finding survivors faded.By the latest official count, some 1,7…
US reopens key Venezuelan port as earthquake toll climbs past 1,700
Relief efforts gathered pace in Venezuela on Monday after the US military reopened a major port to facilitate aid deliveries, while officials said the death toll from last week's twin earthquakes had reached at least 1,719, with tens of thousands of people still reported missing
US races to reopen Venezuela port as earthquake deaths top 1,700
Five days after twin earthquakes devastated Caracas and La Guaira, hopes of finding survivors are fading. Though US Marines and US helicopters have been ferrying in aid, Many Venezuelans are growing increasingly frustrated with their US-backed government's sluggish response to the disaster.
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