Venezuela: The death toll from the earthquake has risen, with estimates of 10,000 missing people
The death toll The double earthquakethat struck Venezuelato 5,208 deaths.
President of the Venezuelan National Assembly and Speaker of Parliament, Jorge Rodriguez, said: Yesterday’s toll recorded about 100 new deaths during the past twenty-four hours.
This is more than three weeks after the two earthquakes that struck with a magnitude of 7.2 and 7.5 degrees, 39 seconds apart, in northern Venezuela, and were particularly affected by the state of La Guaira, the coast near the capital, Caracas.
Rodriguez stated that the authorities in Venezuela have not published the number of missing people, and other estimates indicate that there are 10,000 missing people, and rescue teams, along with volunteers, continue to search for victims among the rubble.
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