VIDEO: Aerial images show destruction in La Guaira, 'disaster zone' in Venezuela

Aerial images show destruction in La Guaira, 'disaster zone' in Venezuela
The devastation caused by strong tremors in Venezuela was recorded in social media. The images show the damage caused to the city of La Guaira, in the central region of the country, which was mainly affected by the disaster.
The flyover shows the rubble of buildings and other constructions that collapsed with the tremors. More than 100 buildings collapsed in the coastal region of La Guaira and dozens of others suffered serious structural damage after the strong earthquakes that hit Venezuela, according to a report from a United Nations (UN) humanitarian agency.
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The city is on the northern coast of Venezuela, on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, about 30 km from Caracas. La Guaira occupies an extremely narrow coastal strip, squeezed between the sea and the Coastal Mountain Range. In many sections, the mountains practically meet the ocean, which makes both rescue and the arrival of humanitarian aid difficult.
▶ Context: Two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 hit Venezuela within an interval of less than a minute on Wednesday.
On the night of last Thursday (25), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) confirmed the death of two Brazilians following the earthquakes in Venezuela.
"The MRE informs, with great regret, the death of a Brazilian citizen as a result of the earthquakes that hit Venezuela. The MRE informs that it is providing consular assistance to the families of the victims."
According to interlocutors who follow the case, the victims were not from the same family and died in different collapses. One of the deaths occurred in Caracas, the country's capital, and the other is still being investigated.
According to the latest report, released on Thursday night (25), 235 people died in the country. More than 1,500 were injured and around 200 remain under rubble.
A website created to gather information on the missing has almost 40,000 records. The number was not independently verified nor confirmed by the government.
This Thursday, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) stated that he spoke with the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, and that the Brazilian government will send humanitarian aid to the country.
"We will send, this Friday (26) in the morning, a humanitarian urban search and rescue mission, on a FAB KC-390 plane, which will leave from Guarulhos Airport, with 36 firefighters from the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Paraná, four technicians from the National Civil Defense and another four technicians from the National Telecommunications Agency. With them will be nine tons of equipment to help search for and help the victims", wrote the president.
Destruction in La Guaira
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Lula also said that the government will send this Saturday (27) a plane with equipment to set up a field hospital, one hundred water purifiers with a panel solar energy, medicines and medical supplies for surgeries.
According to projections from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the number of deaths could increase as teams manage to access the most destroyed areas and advance in the search for the missing.
The interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, stated that the government is working with private companies to mobilize heavy machinery and speed up rescues.
Cities on the coast of Venezuela are among the most affected
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