June 29, 2026 10:01 AM
Venezuela quake death toll nears 1,500 as rescue work goes on
Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim quest to whittle down a list of tens of thousands missing. The death toll from Wednesday's twin earthquakes neared 1,500 people as foreign rescue teams poured into La Guaira, the hardest-hit state of a country long mired in a deep political and economic crisis. Dozens of buildings collapsed into piles of sand and rubble in ...