Venezuelans search rubble for survivors after 2 strong quakes kill at least 188
People embrace in front of the rubble of buildings damaged by earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25(local time). Some 1,500 people were injured, thousands were reported missing and buildings were evacuated as far away as Brazil’s Amazon.In cities across northern Venezuela, panicked residents poured into the streets and searched for the missing in the debris. Injured children, animals and civilians covered in dust and blood were pulled out of concrete rubble.One mother sobbed and collapsed in grief as the bodies of her 3- and 10-year-old children were wrapped in blankets and carried away.
- ▪People embrace in front of the rubble of buildings damaged by earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25(local time).
- ▪Some 1,500 people were injured, thousands were reported missing and buildings were evacuated as far away as Brazil’s Amazon.In cities across northern Venezuela, panicked residents poured into the streets and searched for the missing in the
- ▪Injured children, animals and civilians covered in dust and blood were pulled out of concrete rubble.One mother sobbed and collapsed in grief as the bodies of her 3- and 10-year-old children were wrapped in blankets and carried away.
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People embrace in front of the rubble of buildings damaged by earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25(local time). EPA-YonhapLA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed at least 188 people and left more than 200 trapped.More were feared dead from the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck Wednesday evening — among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century and felt throughout the region.
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