Death toll from Venezuela earthquake rises to 1,430

Video shows moment when building collapsed in Venezuela
The number of deaths due to earthquakes in Venezuela rose this Saturday (27) to 1,430 people, according to an updated report from the Venezuelan government at 2:20 pm Brasília.
The report released by the government also showed more than 3,000 injuries and 3,100 people left homeless due to the disaster.
➡ On Wednesday night (24), two earthquakes in sequence hit the northern region of the country, where Caracas is located. In addition to the deaths, the tremors collapsed buildings and left a trail of destruction in the Venezuelan capital and surrounding areas. The earthquakes were the strongest in the country in more than 100 years.
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The new balance was released by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, in a statement to Venezuelan state media.
The United Nations (UN) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimate that the number of victims could be much higher, taking into account the strength of the earthquake, the lack of structure and the densely populated areas that were hit.
Earlier, a projection by the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimated that more than 6 million people may have been affected by the tremors.
"Up to 6.8 million people may have been affected by the earthquakes," the organization said in a statement. The projections were based on population and damage analysis. The numbers include up to two million people in Caracas alone.
The United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Aid Office estimates that the number of people missing in the tragedy is more than 50,000.
Rodríguez, who is the brother of President Delcy Rodríguez, said on Friday (26) that there were still more than a hundred people trapped in the rubble and that, up until that moment, at least 383 buildings that had been completely collapsed or suffered damage.
Buildings damaged by earthquakes three days after hitting Catia La Mar, Venezuela.
Matías Delacroix/AP Photo
Rescue teams are now struggling to find the missing and pull people out of the rubble. According to information from the Venezuelan government, more than 1,600 foreign rescuers arrived in the country to reinforce relief operations.
"In the last few hours, Venezuela has received 17 flights carrying more than 1,600 rescue team members and, in the next 24 hours, 25 more flights are expected," said Oliver Blanco, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The day before, a Brazilian Air Force plane arrived in Venezuela carrying doctors, sniffer dogs and specialized equipment. Also according to the government, two other planes with humanitarian aid should take off towards the country this Saturday.
The interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez also stated, in a statement on the country's state television during the early hours of the morning, that 10 other countries would still join the rescue efforts and that 14,000 soldiers and police were in La Guaira.
On social media, there are also several reports and images of buildings that collapsed (see the video above).
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The two earthquakes that shook Venezuela they occurred within an interval of less than a minute and with a difference of 5 kilometers between them. The epicenter of the strongest tremor was recorded in the Venezuelan city of El Guayabo, 168 km from the capital Caracas.
Replicas occurred in coastal cities close to the Venezuelan capital, such as La Guaira, which was heavily destroyed. Caracas international airport was also closed.
In addition to the intensity of the tremors - of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 - the shallow depth of the two tremors also explains the trail of destruction left behind. This is because the closer to the ground, the more the earthquake is felt.
The tremors also occurred in densely populated areas. A calculation made by the US Geological Survey estimated, based on these variables, that the death toll could exceed 10 thousand people.
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